wéi

common
noun

Meaning of

圩 means protective embankment or dike surrounding low-lying fields or villages; polder. Pronounced wéi.

  • protective embankment or dike surrounding low-lying fields or villages; polder

Character Info

Radical
Strokes6
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

Cūn
mín
men
zhèng
zài
zhù
wéi
fáng
hóng
 

The villagers are building embankments to prevent flooding.

Wéi
bèi
hóng
shuǐ
chōng
kuǎ
le
 

The dike was washed away by the flood.

Zhè
piàn
wéi
tián
zhòng
zhí
zhe
shuǐ
dào
 

This polder field is planted with rice.