vĩ
Pronunciation
Northern
/viʔi˧˥/
Central
/ji˧˩˨/
Southern
/ji˨˩˦/
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musical bow
Noun
musical bow
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2 senses
Meaning
2 senses
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Meaning
2 senses
Noun
Sense 1
Noun
musical bow Culture, Arts & Proper Names
A tool used to stroke the strings of various musical instruments to produce sound.
vi Nghệ sĩ đang dùng vĩ để kéo đàn.
en The artist is using a bow to play the instrument.
Proper noun
Sense 2
Proper noun
male given name Culture, Arts & Proper Names
A male given name of Chinese origin.
vi Tôi vừa gặp Vĩ.
en I just met Vĩ.
Parts
尾
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Parts
尾
Chinese characters
Source-aligned
Representative candidate
尾
Candidates by syllable
vĩ
偉（尾 / 緯 / 渭）
Bold marks the representative form aligned to a source as the spelling of the whole word. Parentheses show other candidates for the same syllable. Source and confidence are shown in the heading above.
Similar
vỉ / vị / ví / vì …
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Similar
vỉ / vị / ví / vì …
Use
bạch long vĩ / diên vĩ / giao vĩ / vĩ cầm …
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Use
bạch long vĩ / diên vĩ / giao vĩ / vĩ cầm …