Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

魏 [wèi]

1. 1. noun Name of a feudal state in the Xizhou Dynasty that was in northern current Ruichen County in Shanxi Province, and was eliminated by the Jin during the Spring and Autumn Period.

2. 2. noun One of the seven powerful states of the Warring States Period that was located in northern Henan Province and southern Hebei Province, and eastern Shaanxi Province and the southwest of Shanxi Province.

3. 3. noun One of the Three Kingdoms, (220 AD - 265 AD), that was established by Cao Pi with its domain covering the valleys of the Yellow River and Huaihe River, the northern central part reaching the Yangtze River and the central and southern part of Liaoning Prov

4. 4. noun One of the Bei Dynasty, (386 AD - 534 AD), that was established by the Serbi ethnic group and controlled the northern China to the Yangtze River. Historically called the Beiwei, it later separated into the Dongwei and the Xiwei.

5. 5. a Chinese last name