# Wei

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /weɪ/ · frequency rank #15,942

## Definitions
1. An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty
2. Liang, the realm of the earlier march after its elevation to a kingdom
3. A kingdom during the Three Kingdoms interregnum following China's Han dynasty.

## Etymology
From Mandarin Chinese 魏 (Wèi).

## Easily confused with
- **wi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wi)
- **Wu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wu)
- **wo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wo)
- **wt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wt)
- **WS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-ws)
- **WV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wv)
- **WL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wl)
- **wy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wy)
- **WF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wf)
- **who** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-who)
- **why** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-why)
- **win** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-win)
- **won** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-won)
- **wow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wow)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wet)
- **WTF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wtf)
- **WWE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wwe)
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wit)
- **woo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-woo)
- **Wii** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wei-vs-wii)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wei