逊位
xùn wèi
Pinyin

Definition

逊位
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xùn wèi
  1. to abdicate
  2. to resign a position

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
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)
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
岗位
gǎng wèi
  1. 1 a post
  2. 2 a job
座位
zuò wèi
  1. 1 seat
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
职位
zhí wèi
  1. 1 post
  2. 2 office
  3. 3 position
诸位
zhū wèi
  1. 1 (pron) everyone
  2. 2 Ladies and Gentlemen
  3. 3 Sirs
车位
chē wèi
  1. 1 parking spot
  2. 2 unloading point
  3. 3 garage place
  4. 4 stand for taxi
部位
bù wèi
  1. 1 position
  2. 2 place
三位一体
Sān wèi Yī tǐ
  1. 1 Holy Trinity
  2. 2 trinity
上位
shàng wèi
  1. 1 seat of honor
  2. 2 person in a high-ranking position
  3. 3 to be promoted to a more senior role
  4. 4 (genetics) epistatic

Idioms (5)

人位相宜
rén wèi xiāng yí
  1. 1 to be the right person for the job (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!
尸位素餐
shī wèi sù cān
  1. 1 to hold a sinecure (idiom)
长生禄位
cháng shēng lù wèi
  1. 1 tablet and altar honoring a great benefactor (idiom)

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