HSK 3.0 Level 4 · People

各位 gèwèi “everyone (polite address)” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 各位 means

  1. everyone (polite address)
  2. ladies and gentlemen
  3. everybody
  4. all (guests, colleagues etc)
  5. all of you

How to say 各位

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale各gè4th 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

各位 in a sentence

  1. 各位，请安静。

    Gèwèi, qǐng ānjìng.

    Everyone, please be quiet.

    Sentence #824599 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 各位想喝果汁还是水？

    Gèwèi xiǎng hē guǒzhī háishi shuǐ?

    Would you all like juice or water?

    Sentence #11706396 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 祝各位来年好运，学习事业成功。

    Zhù gèwèi láinián hǎoyùn, xuéxí shìyè chénggōng.

    Wishing you all good luck in the coming year, and success in your studies and work.

    Sentence #2206167 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 各位 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 各 (gè) with each of its parts in a different colour
各gèeach
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 口mouth · kǒu
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 各位

各 6 strokes · 位 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 各位

Words with 各

各gè · each各自gèzì · each各抒己见gèshūjǐjiàn · everyone voices their own opinion

Words with 位

位wèi · position座位zuòwèi · seat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部位bùwèi · position学位xuéwèi · academic degree

More words: People & Pronouns

男生nánshēng · male student名人míngrén · celebrity游客yóukè · tourist此cǐ · this另lìng · another

FAQs

各位 (gèwèi) means “everyone (polite address)” or “ladies and gentlemen”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word.
Say it gèwèi: gè 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. 各位 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type gewei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 各位 from the suggestions. Typing gewei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
各位 is an HSK 3.0 Level 4 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 6 word list. It is not on the older 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.