位 – vocab dash

位wèi

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Meanings

1. position

2. location

3. place

4. seat

5. classifier for people (honorific)

6. classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)

7. (physics) potential

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Examples104

他们tāmen中zhōng的de任何rènhé一yī位wèi我wǒ都dōu不bù认识rènshi。

I know none of them.

我wǒ和hé一yī位wèi朋友péngyou住zhù在zài一起yīqǐ。

I am staying with a friend.

那nà位wèi先生xiānsheng靠kào什么shénme生活shēnghuó？

What does that gentleman do for a living?

我wǒ只zhǐ知道zhīdào你nǐ一yī位wèi加拿大Jiānádà人rén。

You're the only Canadian I know.

他tā说话shuōhuà就jiù像xiàng一yī位wèi老师lǎoshī。

He talks as if he were a teacher.

有yǒu的de，先生xiānsheng你nǐ有yǒu几jǐ位wèi？

Yes, there are. How many of you are there, Sir?