委 (wěi): committee, to entrust
委 (wěi) is a Chinese character meaning “committee, to entrust.” Classified as HSK Level 6 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 禾 (structural) and 女 (structural). It ranks #457 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Definitions
- committee, to entrust
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 委
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 评委 | píng wěi | evaluation committee |
| 委员会 | wěi yuán huì | committee |
| 委托人 | wěi tuō rén | (law) client |
| 委员 | wěi yuán | committee member |
| 委内瑞拉 | wěi nèi ruì lā | Venezuela |
| 委婉 | wěi wǎn | tactful |
| 委任 | wěi rèn | to appoint |
| 委派 | wěi pài | to appoint |
| 原委 | yuán wěi | the whole story |
| 委曲求全 | wěi qū qiú quán | to accept a compromise |
| 政委 | zhèng wěi | political commissar (within the army) |
| 委员长 | wěi yuán zhǎng | head of a committee |
| 组委会 | zǔ wěi huì | organizing committee (abbr. for 組織委員會|组织委员会[zu3 zhi1 wei3 yuan2 hui4]) |
| 委托书 | wěi tuō shū | commission |
| 管委会 | guǎn wěi huì | administrative committee |
委 appears in 100 compound words: 28 as the first character, 30 as the last, and 42 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 委 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (7)
stoop to compromise; accept a compromise; compromise out of consideration for the general interest
short for 中央軍事委員會／中央军事委员会 (Zhōngyāng Jūnshì Wěiyuánhuì, “Central Military Commission”)
stoop to compromise; accept a compromise; compromise out of consideration for the general interest
Example Sentences
委员会经过讨论，决定采纳这个建议。
Wěiyuánhuì jīngguò tǎolùn, juédìng cǎinà zhè gè jiànyì.
After discussion, the committee decided to adopt this suggestion.
民生委员不足 都が活动费を3倍増へ
mín shēng wěi yuán bù zú dōu huó dòng fèi 3 bèi 増
Lack of livelihood committee members Tokyo to triple activity expenses
委内瑞拉外长在联合国人权理事会要求美国释放...
wěi nèi ruì lā wài cháng zài lián gě guó rén quán lǐ shì huì yāo qiú měi guó shì fàng . . .
Venezuela's foreign minister demanded the release of the United States at the UN Human Rights Council...
拨乱反正:和委会还不如金砖上合
bō luàn fǎn zhèng : hé wěi huì hái bù rú jīn zhuān shàng gě
Rectify the chaos: the peace committee is not as good as the BRICS SCO
回应法国质疑 欧委会称受邀参加“和平委员会”会议是..
huí yīng fǎ guó zhì yí ōu wěi huì chèn shòu yāo cān jiā hé píng wěi yuán huì huì yì shì . .
In response to France's doubts, the European Commission said that the invitation to the meeting of the "Peace Commission" was:
洛杉矶奥组委主席涉爱泼斯坦案,市长呼吁其辞职
洛 杉 矶 ào zǔ wěi zhǔ xí shè ài pō sī tǎn àn , shì cháng hū xū qí cí zhí
Mayor calls for resignation of L.A. Olympic chairman in Epstein case.
你是委员会中的成员吗？
Nǐ shì wěiyuánhuì zhōng de chéngyuán ma?
Are you on the committee?
卡拉卡斯是委内瑞拉的首都。
Kǎlākǎsī shì Wěinèiruìlā de shǒudū.
Caracas is Venezuela's capital.
为了调查物价，成立了一个委员会。
Wèile diàochá wùjià, chénglì le yī gè wěiyuánhuì.
A committee was constituted to investigate prices.
委员会是由三男七女组成的。
Wěiyuánhuì shì yóu sān nán qī nǚ zǔchéng de.
The committee is composed of three men and seven women.
Character Family
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