委
Meanings
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- 1.surname Wei
- 1.to entrust
- 2.to cast aside
- 3.to shift (blame etc)
- 4.to accumulate
- 5.roundabout
- 6.winding
- 7.dejected
- 8.listless
- 9.committee member
- 10.council
- 11.end
- 12.actually
- 13.certainly
- 1.used in 委蛇[wēi yí]
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Wiktionary
- 1.to entrust; to appoint; to send; to commission
- 2.to cast aside
- 3.to gather; to pile up
- 4.indirect
- 5.lower reaches of a river
- 6.dejected
- 7.indeed
- 8.a surname
- 9.only used in 委蛇 (wēiyí, “winding; curved”)
- 10.to be lacking in sexual energies
- 11.to wither; to wilt
- 12.to decline; to weaken
- 13.to shirk; to give excuses
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Etymology
Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *qrol, *qrolʔ): phonetic 禾 (OC *ɡoːl) + semantic 女 (in the oracle bones inscriptions, there was 𠃊 instead of a woman kneeling).
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Stroke order
Components
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Example sentences
他是委員會主席。
He's the chairman of the committee.
她當選為委員會主席。
She was elected chairman of the committee.
你是委員會中的成員嗎？
Are you on the committee?
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Derived terms
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Related words
委托 to entrust评委 evaluation committee; judging panel委员 committee member委屈 to feel wronged委婉 tactful常委 standing committee (abbr. for 常务委员会[cháng wù wěi yuán huì])组委 organizational committee委以 (literary) to entrust with (a task); to appoint to (a role)执委 executive committee member (abbr. for 执行委员[zhí xíng wěi yuán])委曲 to feel wronged; to feel aggrieved纪委 discipline inspection commission委过 variant of 诿过[wěi guò]