惟

wéi
  1. -ism
  2. only

CEDICT

  1. (alt. form 維／维, 唯) meaningless sentence-initial particle
  2. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) (alt. form 維／维, 唯) meaningless sentence-initial particle
  3. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 唯 (“to be”)
  4. a surname
  5. alternative form of 唯 (“to be”)
  6. but; however; nevertheless
  7. only
  8. to think; to contemplate

Wiktionary

  1. 思考、思量。
  2. 是、为。
  3. 有。
  4. 仅、独、只有。
  5. 但是、只是。
  6. 希望、祈使。
  7. 发语词，无义。
  8. 用于句中，无义。
  9. 虽然、即使。
  10. 与、和。
  11. 则。
  12. 以、因为。

重編國語辭典

Containing this entry

不惟 bùwéi not only
伏惟 fúwéi to lie prostrate; to prostrate oneself (in veneration)
思惟 sīwéi variant of 思维 sīwéi
恭惟 gōngwei variant of 恭维 gōngwei
惟一 wéiyī variant of 唯一 wéiyī
惟利是图 wéilìshìtú variant of 唯利是图 wéilìshìtú
惟命是听 wéimìngshìtīng see 唯命是从 wéimìngshìcóng
惟妙惟肖 wéimiàowéixiào
  1. to imitate to perfection
  2. to be remarkably true to life
惟恐 wéikǒng
  1. for fear that
  2. lest
  3. also written 唯恐
惟有 wéiyǒu variant of 唯有 wéiyǒu
惟独 wéidú
  1. only
  2. solely
  3. this one alone

Related entries

主义 zhǔyì
  1. -ism
  2. ideology
從這來看，你能因此論定女权主義還是必要的。

From this you can conclude that feminism is still necessary.

Source: Tatoeba

唯 wéi
  1. only
  2. alone
  3. -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 zhǔyì or 论 lùn, e.g. 唯理论 wéilǐlùn, rationalism)
人皆有錯，唯聖者能恕。

To err is human, to forgive divine.

Source: Tatoeba

不过 bùguò
  1. only
  2. merely
  3. no more than
  4. but
  5. however
  6. anyway (to get back to a previous topic)
  7. cannot be more (after adjectival)
我不過生日。

I don't celebrate my birthday.

Source: Tatoeba

唯有 wéiyǒu only
唯有我們有一個花園!

If only we had a garden!

Source: Tatoeba

唯独 wéidú
  1. only
  2. just (i.e. it is only that...)
  3. all except
  4. unique
快乐存在于过去和未来，唯独不存在于现在。

Pleasure is always in the past or in the future, never in the present.

Source: Tatoeba

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