wěi

common
adjective
noun

Meaning of

伪 means false; fake; artificial; illegal; puppet (regime/army). Pronounced wěi.

  • false; fake; artificial
  • illegal; puppet (regime/army)

Character Info

Radical
Strokes9
Components

Stroke Order

Definitions & Examples

wěi
zhuāng
chéng
shēng
hùn
jìn
le
yuàn
 

He disguised himself as a doctor and sneaked into the hospital.

Jǐng
fāng
chá
huò
le
wěi
zào
de
míng
pái
bāo
bāo
 

The police seized a batch of fake luxury handbags.

Zhè
ge
zuò
jiā
de
zuò
pǐn
chōng
mǎn
le
zuò
wěi
de
jié
 
jīng
bu
tuī
qiāo
 

This writer's works are full of fabricated details that cannot stand up to scrutiny.

Shì
chǎng
shàng
yǒu
hěn
duō
wěi
chāo
zài
liú
tōng
 

There are many counterfeit banknotes circulating in the market.

men
yào
wěi
cún
zhēn
 
shāi
xuǎn
chū
yǒu
jià
zhí
de
xìn
 

We need to eliminate the false and retain the true, and filter out valuable information.