Wei
Wei stands for:
- The sun in the mythology of the Brazilian Tupi
- Wei Hai, an old war game
Several Chinese dynasties or states:
- Wei ( State ) (魏国, Weiguo ) ( 445-225 BC ) at the time of the Spring and Autumn Annals and the Warring States
- Wey ( country) (卫国, Weiguo ) at the time of the Spring and Autumn Annals and the Warring States
- Wei Dynasty ( 220-265 ) at the time of the Three Kingdoms
- The founded by Ran Min Wei Kingdom at the time of the Sixteen Kingdoms
- Called Northern Wei Dynasty ( 386-534 ), also called Later Wei Dynasty (后魏/后魏, HOU Wei)
- Wei (Ding Ling ), the state of Wei Ding Ling ( 388-392 )
- Eastern Wei Dynasty ( 534-550 )
- Western Wei Dynasty ( 535-556 )
In geography
- Wei ( Handan ) (魏县/魏县, Weixian ), Circle in the Chinese city of Handan, Hebei Province
- Wei ( Xingtai) (威 县/威 县, Weixian ), Circle in the Chinese city of Xingtai, Hebei Province
- Wei He (渭河, Wei He ), tributary of the Yellow River
- Wei He ( Hai ) (卫 河/卫 河, Wei He ) flow in the catchment area of the Hai He in Shandong Province
- Wei He (Shandong ) (潍 河, Wei He ) River in Shandong Province
- Alternative name for Wiei, an island of the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea
Wei is the surname of the following persons:
- Wei boyang, Daoist Immortal in China, said to have lived in the 2nd century
- Wei Chen- yang ( * 1992), Taiwanese Taekwondo
- Wei Fanan (韦发南) ( born 1941 ), Chinese Botanist
- Wei Guan (卫 瓘) ( 220-291 ), Chinese official
- Wei Jianxing (尉健行) ( born 1931 ), Chinese politician
- Wei Jingsheng (魏京生) ( born 1950 ), Chinese dissident
- Wei Man (卫 满) ( 2nd century BC), Chinese general
- Wei Nan (c. 1985), badminton player from Hong Kong
- Nat Wei, Baron Wei ( * 1977 ), British politician and life peer
- Ning Wei (* 1982 ), Chinese sports shooter in the discipline Skeetschießen
- Pei- Yuan Wei, software developers and artists
- Wei Qingguang (韦 晴 光) (born 1962 ), Chinese and Japanese table tennis player
- Wei Wei ( writer ) ( 1920-2008 ), Chinese writer
- Wei Wei ( singer ) ( born 1963 ), Chinese singer
- Wei Wing Lock (unknown), Chinese Tennis Player
- Wei Xiaojie (* 1989), Chinese marathon runner
- Xu Wei (魏 续) ( 3rd century ), Chinese general
- Wei Yan (魏延) ( † 234), Chinese general
- Yan Wei (badminton ) (born 1962 ) Taiwanese badminton players
- Wei Yanan (魏亚楠/魏亚楠) ( born 1981 ), Chinese marathon runner
- Wei Yili (魏 轶 力) (* 1982), Chinese badminton player
- Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Chinese scholar
Wei is the first name of the following persons:
- Ng Wei ( * 1981 ), badminton player from Hong Kong
- Zhao Wei ( * 1976 ), Chinese actress
- Disambiguation