位居
wèi jū
Pinyin

Definition

位居
 - 
wèi jū
  1. to be located at

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

位
wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 location
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 seat
  5. 5 classifier for people (honorific)
  6. 6 classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes)
  7. 7 (physics) potential
位置
wèi zhi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 place
  3. 3 seat
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
各位
gè wèi
  1. 1 everybody
  2. 2 all (guests, colleagues etc)
  3. 3 all of you
居然
jū rán
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
  3. 3 go so far as to
位子
wèi zi
  1. 1 place
  2. 2 seat
位于
wèi yú
  1. 1 to be located at
  2. 2 to be situated at
  3. 3 to lie
全方位
quán fāng wèi
  1. 1 all around
  2. 2 omnidirectional
  3. 3 complete
  4. 4 holistic
  5. 5 comprehensive
到位
dào wèi
  1. 1 to get to the intended location
  2. 2 to be in place
  3. 3 to be in position
  4. 4 precise
  5. 5 well (done)
同居
tóng jū
  1. 1 to live together
品位
pǐn wèi
  1. 1 rank
  2. 2 grade
  3. 3 quality
  4. 4 (aesthetic) taste
单位
dān wèi
  1. 1 unit (of measure)
  2. 2 unit (group of people as a whole)
  3. 3 work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
地位
dì wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 status
  3. 3 place
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
学位
xué wèi
  1. 1 academic degree
  2. 2 place in school
定位
dìng wèi
  1. 1 to orientate
  2. 2 to position
  3. 3 to categorize (as)
  4. 4 to characterize (as)
  5. 5 positioning
  6. 6 position
  7. 7 niche
家居
jiā jū
  1. 1 home
  2. 2 residence
  3. 3 to stay at home (unemployed)
居
Jū
  1. 1 surname Ju
居住
jū zhù
  1. 1 to reside
  2. 2 to dwell
  3. 3 to live in a place
  4. 4 resident in
居室
jū shì
  1. 1 room
  2. 2 apartment
居家
jū jiā
  1. 1 to live at home
  2. 2 to stay at home
  3. 3 home (schooling etc)
  4. 4 in-home (care etc)
  5. 5 household (repairs etc)
  6. 6 living (environment etc)
居民
jū mín
  1. 1 resident
  2. 2 inhabitant

Idioms (16)

人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (idiom)
功成不居
gōng chéng bù jū
  1. 1 not to claim personal credit for achievement (idiom)
加官进位
jiā guān jìn wèi
  1. 1 promotion in official post and salary raise (idiom)
各就各位
gè jiù gè wèi
  1. 1 (of the people in a group) to get into position (idiom)
  2. 2 (athletics) On your mark!
安居乐业
ān jū lè yè
  1. 1 to live in peace and work happily (idiom)
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
居功自傲
jū gōng zì ào
  1. 1 satisfied with one's accomplishment and arrogant as a result (idiom); resting on one's laurels and despising others
居安思危
jū ān sī wēi
  1. 1 to think of danger in times of safety
  2. 2 to be vigilant in peacetime (idiom)
居心不良
jū xīn bù liáng
  1. 1 to harbor evil intentions (idiom)
居心叵测
jū xīn pǒ cè
  1. 1 harboring unfathomable motives (idiom)
居无定所
jū wú dìng suǒ
  1. 1 to be without a fixed residence (idiom)
居高临下
jū gāo lín xià
  1. 1 to live high and look down (idiom)
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 to tower above
  4. 4 to occupy the high ground
  5. 5 fig. arrogance based on one's social position
后来居上
hòu lái jū shàng
  1. 1 lit. late-comer lives above (idiom); the up-and-coming youngster outstrips the older generation
  2. 2 the pupil surpasses the master
翘居群首
qiáo jū qún shǒu
  1. 1 head and shoulders above the crowd (idiom); preeminent
  2. 2 outstanding
起居作息
qǐ jū zuò xī
  1. 1 lit. rising and lying down, working and resting (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everyday life
  3. 3 daily routine
  4. 4 to go about one's daily life
长生禄位
cháng shēng lù wèi
  1. 1 tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom)

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