谓
to speak; to say; to name; to designate; meaning; sense
11 strokes
Dict coverage rank #2,453 U+8C13
How 谓 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
讠 (semantic, “speech”) + 胃 (phonetic, wèi)
How to remember it
meaning · Heisig RSH #1649
words + 胃 stomach
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 胃
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 胃 (wèi) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胃 sound component | wèi | stomach |
| 渭 | wèi | a river in Shanxi province |
| 猬 | wèi | porcupine, hedgehog; many, varied; vulgar, low |
| 喟 | kuì | heave sigh, sigh |
Words containing 谓
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 不知所谓 | bù zhī suǒ wèi | nonsense; nonsensical; incomprehensible; to make no sense |
| 无所谓 | wú suǒ wèi | to be indifferent; not to matter; cannot be said to be |
| 主谓结构 | zhǔ wèi jié gòu | subject-predicate construction |
| 勿谓言之不预 | wù wèi yán zhī bù yù | (idiom) don't say you haven't been forewarned (threat used by the PRC in international dip… |
| 一之谓甚 | yī zhī wèi shèn | see 一之為甚|一之为甚[yi1 zhi1 wei2 shen4] |
| 主谓宾 | zhǔ wèi bīn | subject-verb-object SVO or subject-predicate-object sentence pattern (e.g. in Chinese gram… |
| 主宾谓 | zhǔ bīn wèi | subject-object-verb SOV or subject-object-predicate sentence pattern (e.g. in Japanese or … |
| 主谓句 | zhǔ wèi jù | subject-predicate sentence; subject-predicate clause |
| 不谓 | bù wèi | cannot be deemed; unexpectedly |
| 无谓 | wú wèi | pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily |
| 主谓 | zhǔ wèi | (linguistics) subject and predicate |
| 谓语 | wèi yǔ | (grammatical) predicate |
| 可谓 | kě wèi | it could even be said |
| 意谓 | yì wèi | to mean; meaning |
| 谓词 | wèi cí | predicate (in logic and grammar) |
| 所谓 | suǒ wèi | what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ...; (derog.) so-called |
| 称谓 | chēng wèi | title; appellation; form of address |
| 何谓 | hé wèi | (literary) what is?; what is the meaning of? |