唯 meaning in English

wéi

only; alone

HSK 7-9adverb11 strokes

Meaning of 唯

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

wéi
  1. only
  2. alone
  3. -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)
wěi
  1. yes

唯 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

你nǐ是shì我wǒ们men唯wéi一yī的de希xī望wàng。
You're our only hope.
我wǒ现xiàn在zài唯wéi一yī想xiǎng做zuò的de事shì情qíng是shì睡shuì觉jiào。
The only thing I want to do right now is sleep.
你nǐ是shì唯wéi一yī一yí个gè能néng帮bāng助zhù我wǒ们men的de人rén。
You're the only one who can help us.
你nǐ是shì我wǒ唯wéi一yī的de朋péng友yǒu。
You're the only friend I have.
母mǔ亲qīn是shì唯wéi一yī一yí个gè真zhēn正zhèng理lǐ解jiě我wǒ的de人rén。
Only my mother really understands me.

Stroke order for each character

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唯 wéi · only · 11 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 唯.

唯一wéiyīonly; sole
唯独wéidúonly; just (i.e. it is only that...)
唯有wéiyǒuonly

Questions about 唯

What does 唯 mean?

唯 (wéi) means "only; alone" and is used as a adverb.

How do you write 唯?

唯 is made of 1 character: 唯 (11 strokes). That is 11 strokes in total.

Is 唯 an HSK word?

Yes. 唯 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.