位置

Character by character

• 位wèi7 strokesHSK 2throne; position, post; rank, status; seat
• 置zhì13 strokesHSK 4place, lay out; set aside

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 给我你的位置。

  Gěi wǒ nǐ de wèi zhi

  Give me your location.

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• 我们会给你留个位置。

  Wǒ men huì gěi nǐ liú ge wèi zhì

  We'll save a seat for you.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 位置. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 位wèiHSK 2

  position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential

• 各位gè wèiHSK 3

  everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you

• 单位dān wèiHSK 2

  unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)

• 地位dì wèiHSK 4

  position; status; place

• 装置zhuāng zhìHSK 4

  to install; installation; equipment; system; unit; device

• 置zhìHSK 7

  to install; to place; to put; to buy

• 位于wèi yúHSK 4

  to be located at; to be situated at; to lie

• 设置shè zhìHSK 4

  to set up; to install

• 定位dìng wèiHSK 6

  to orientate; to position; to categorize (as); to characterize (as); positioning; position; niche

• 职位zhí wèiHSK 5

  position; post; job

• 座位zuò wèiHSK 2

  seat

• 岗位gǎng wèiHSK 6

  a post; a job

• 布置bù zhìHSK 4

  to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy

• 部位bù wèiHSK 5

  part (esp. of the body, but also of a vegetable (e.g. the root), or a garment (e.g. the sleeve) etc)

• 到位dào wèiHSK 7

  to get to the intended location; to be in place; to be in position; precise; well (done)

• 安置ān zhìHSK 4

  to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; to get into bed; placement

• 处置chǔ zhìHSK 7

  to handle; to take care of; to punish

• 学位xué wèiHSK 5

  academic degree; place in school

• 品位pǐn wèiHSK 7

  rank; grade; quality; (aesthetic) taste

• 位子wèi ziHSK 7

  place; seat

• 放置fàng zhìHSK 7

  to put

• 诸位zhū wèiHSK 6

  (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs

• 难以置信nán yǐ zhì xìnHSK 7

  hard to believe; incredible

• 方位fāng wèi

  direction; points of the compass; bearing; position; azimuth