HSK 5 · Body

胃 wèi “stomach” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 胃 means

  1. stomach

Measure word 个 gè · 一个胃 yí ge wèi

How to say 胃

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

胃 in a sentence

  1. 我胃疼。

    Wǒ wèi téng.

    My stomach hurts.

    Sentence #333026 from Tatoeba

  2. 我尽量留着胃吃甜点。

    Wǒ jǐnliàng liú zhe wèi chī tiándiǎn.

    I try to save room for dessert.

    Sentence #333303 from Tatoeba

  3. 喝咖啡伤胃。

    Hē kāfēi shāng wèi.

    Coffee is hard on the stomach.

    Sentence #1360019 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 胃 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 胃 (wèi) with each of its parts in a different colour
胃wèistomach
  • 田field · tián
  • ⺼meat form of 肉 · ròu

How to write 胃

胃 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 胃

Words with 胃

胃口wèikǒu · appetite

More words: People, Body & Health

手术shǒushù · (surgical) operation手指shǒuzhǐ · finger寿命shòumìng · life span受伤shòushāng · to be injured消化xiāohuà · to digest (food or information)心脏xīnzàng · heart胸xiōng · chest血xuè · blood

FAQs

胃 (wèi) means “stomach”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wèi: wèi with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 胃 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 个 (gè). For example, one stomach is 一个胃 (yí ge wèi).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type wei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 胃 from the suggestions. Typing wei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
胃 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.