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to threaten; to menace
HSK 6
prestige / reputation / trust / credit with the people
HSK 7-9
awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power / imposing; impressive; majestic
HSK 7-9
might / formidable power
HSK 7-9
to deter
HSK 7-9
Venice / Venezia
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *威* | 威* | *威
power / might / prestige
Westminster Abbey, London
majestic / awe-inspiring presence / impressive power
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright
Wilson (name)
Visa (credit card)
prestige
William or Wilhelm (name)
bold and powerful
authority / prestige / supernatural spirit
majestic presence / awe-inspiring manner
fame for fighting prowess / military glory
Willis (name)
dignified / imposing / august / awe-inspiring / awe / prestige / dignity
authority / power / authoritarianism / authoritarian
to inspire awe
might / formidable
to threaten / to intimidate / to cow
might / power and influence
Wei county in Xingtai 邢台, Hebei
Wales, constituent nation of UK
to lose every scrap of reputation
fierce / formidable
coercion / to intimidate
(loanword) stunt wires
Wylie (name) / Turrell Wylie, originator of the Wylie transcription of Tibetan script
power and virtue
august / majestic
grave and dignified
Weihai, prefecture-level city in Shandong Province 山東省|山东省
to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom)
The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
(Tw) Weimar, Germany
Wiltshire (English county)
Wisconsin
Sir Thomas Francis Wade (1818-1895), British diplomat and sinologist, originator of the Wade-Giles Chinese romanization system
to make threats and promises
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
Weihaiwei, late Qing naval port in Weihai 威海, Shandong
(neologism c. 2005) freelancer
Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw) / Wellington (name) / Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851)
Wisconsin, US state
Wichita (city in Kansas)
Weixin county in Zhaotong 昭通, Yunnan
wafer (biscuit) (loanword)
wafer / wafer cookie
whiskey (loanword)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
lit. one phoenix feather; fig. a glimpse that reveals the whole
Wake Island (North Pacific Ocean)
vaporizer (e-cigarette) (loanword)
awe-inspiring / majestic
Waikiki (Hawaii)
whiskey (loanword)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
(idiom) the dignity of authority is above life; one must be willing to sacrifice one's life rather than disobey a military order
Weizhou town, seat of Wenchuan county 汶川縣|汶川县 in northwest Sichuan
Williamsburg, Virginia
deterrent force / deterrent
Wisconsin, US state
vermouth (loanword)
not to submit to force
Wade-Giles transliteration scheme for Chinese
Welsh (language)
Weimar Republic (German Reich, 1919-1933)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
Wade-Giles system (romanization of Chinese)
to exercise power arbitrarily (idiom)
Wade-Giles (romanization system for Chinese)
Viagra (male impotence drug) (Tw)
to threaten / to coerce / to intimidate
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江, Sichuan
Weiyuan county in Neijiang 內江|内江, Sichuan
awe-inspiring / power
to intimidate


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