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  • surname Wei
  • military officer
  • used in 尉遲|尉迟[Yu4 chi2] and 尉犁[Yu4 li2]
  • second lieutenant (army rank)
Trad. 衛尉
  • commander of the imperial guards
  • captain (army rank)
  • senior captain
  • captain (military rank)
  • chief judicial officer in imperial China
  • lieutenant (navy)
  • first lieutenant (army)
  • subaltern
  • see 尉氏縣|尉氏县[Wei4 shi4 Xian4]
  • Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Trad. 尉繚
  • Wei Lao (c. 450 BC, dates of birth and death unknown), advisor to the first Qin emperor Qin Shihuang 秦始皇[Qin2 Shi3 huang2], possible author of the Wei Liaozi 尉繚子|尉缭子[Wei4 Liao2 zi5] text on military strategy
Trad. 尉遲
  • two-character surname Yuchi
Trad. 騎都尉
  • (archaic) cavalry commandant; cavalry captain
Trad. 尉氏縣
  • Weishi, a county in Kaifeng City 開封市|开封市[Kai1 feng1 Shi4], Henan
Trad. 尉犁縣
  • Lopnur nahiyisi or Yuli county in Bayingolin Mongol Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang 巴音郭楞蒙古自治州[Ba1 yin1 guo1 leng2 Meng3 gu3 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Xinjiang
Trad. 尉繚子
  • Wei Liaozi, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書|武经七书[Wu3 jing1 Qi1 shu1], possibly written by Wei Liao 尉繚|尉缭[Wei4 Liao2] during the Warring States Period (475-220 BC)
Trad. 尉遲恭
  • General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty

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