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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

惟 [wéi]
  1. 1. adverb [单单] only
  2. 2. adverb [只是] but
    他各科成绩都不错，惟数学不好。
    He achieved good results in all subjects but mathematics.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

惟 [wéi]
  1. 1. adverb only; alone
    惟你是问。
    You'll be held personally responsible.
    我惟以“真诚”二字为圭臬。
  2. 2. conjunction [literary expression] but
    母已痊愈，惟体力尚未恢复。
    Mother's well now, but she hasn't fully recovered her strength yet.
    他相貌人品均佳，惟不善言辞。
  3. 3. 助词 [literary expression] used before a year, month or day
    惟二月既望
    on the 16th of the second lunar month
    我惟你马首是瞻。
  4. 4. noun thinking; thought

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

惟 [wéi]
  1. 1. 动 思考
    思惟。
  2. 2. E"惟"字的本义是思考,但"思惟"一词现在一般写作"思维"。
  3. 3. 现在一般写作"唯"。
  4. 4. 构词词缀
    惟妙惟肖。
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Examples

惟一合法政府
the sole legal government → 合法
惟虚心乃能进步。
You can make progress only if you are modest. → 乃
母已痊愈，惟体力尚未恢复。
Mother's well now, but she hasn't fully recovered her strength yet. → 惟
惟二月既望
on the 16th of the second lunar month → 惟
惟一出路
the only way out → 惟一
惟自信乃能打败敌人。 → 乃
惟学习乃能进步。 → 乃
惟自卑乃能学习别人。 → 乃
他相貌人品均佳，惟不善言辞。 → 惟
我惟你马首是瞻。 → 惟
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Character Decomposition

忄
[xīn]		 + 隹
[zhǔn]

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