HSK 6 · Body

部位 bùwèi “position” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 部位 means

  1. position
  2. part (esp. of the body)
  3. part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable, e.g. the root, or a garment, e.g. the sleeve, etc)

How to say 部位

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale部bù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale位wèi4th tone, falling

部位 in a sentence

  1. 你哪个部位疼？

    Nǐ nǎge bùwèi téng?

    Where does it hurt?

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 医生检查了受伤的部位。

    Yīshēng jiǎnchá le shòushāng de bùwèi.

    The doctor examined the injured area.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 部位 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 部 (bù) with each of its parts in a different colour
部bùministry
  • 咅to spit out · pǒuSound part
  • 阝placeMeaning part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 咅 (pǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with bù.

The character 位 (wèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
位wèiposition
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 立stand · lì

Memory aidA person 亻 standing 立 in their place: a position, a seat.

How to write 部位

部 10 strokes · 位 7 strokes

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部位 (bùwèi) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 部位 (bùwèi). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 部位

Words with 部

部bù · part部分bùfen · part全部quánbù · whole部门bùmén · department内部nèibù · inside俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)部署bùshǔ · to deploy局部júbù · part

Words with 位

位wèi · position座位zuòwèi · seat各位gèwèi · everyone (polite address)位于wèiyú · to be located at位置wèizhi · position单位dānwèi · unit (of measurement)地位dìwèi · position诸位zhūwèi · everyone方位fāngwèi · position学位xuéwèi · academic degree

More words: People, Body & Health

保重bǎozhòng · to take care of oneself臂bì · arm鼻涕bítì · nasal mucus哺乳bǔrǔ · to breastfeed残疾cánjí · disability喘气chuǎnqì · to pant动脉dòngmài · artery哆嗦duōsuo · to tremble

FAQs

部位 (bùwèi) means “position” or “part (esp. of the body)”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it bùwèi: bù with a 4th tone, then wèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 部位 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type buwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 部位 from the suggestions. Typing buwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
部位 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.