Wei or WEI may refer to:

States

  • Wey (state) (衛, 1040–209 BC), Wèi in pinyin, but spelled Wey to distinguish from the bigger Wèi of the Warring States
  • Wei (state) (魏, 403–225 BC), one of the seven major states of the Warring States period
  • Cao Wei (曹魏, 220–266), ruled North China during the Three Kingdoms period
  • Ran Wei (冉魏, 350–352), short-lived Sixteen Kingdoms period state
  • Northern Wei (北魏, 386–535), ruled North China during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, later split into:

:*Western Wei (西魏, 535–557)

:*Eastern Wei (東魏, 534–550)

  • Zhai Wei (翟魏, 388–392), state of Dingling/Gaoche ethnicity in China

Places

  • Wei River, a main tributary of the Yellow River
  • Wei County, Handan (魏县), Hebei, China
  • Wei County, Xingtai (威县), Hebei, China

People

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  • Wei (given name), different variations of Chinese given names
  • Wei (surname), various Chinese surnames (魏, 衛, 尉, 蔿, 韋)
  • Wei Wei (disambiguation)

Astronomy

  • One of three Chinese constellations:
  • Wěi (), meaning Tail
  • Wēi (), meaning Rooftop
  • Wèi (), meaning Stomach
  • Wèi (), the Chinese name for the star Delta Herculis
  • Wei, a name sometimes used for Epsilon Scorpii, after the Tail constellation

Other uses

  • WEi, a South Korean boy group
  • Wei (rank), a company-grade officer in Chinese armed forces
  • Wei (value token), a subunit of the Ether value token on the Ethereum blockchain
  • Wau Ecology Institute, Wau, Papua New Guinea
  • Web Environment Integrity, a Web API proposed by Google
  • Windows Experience Index (WEI) score, a measure of the user-perceived performance of a computer running Microsoft Windows
  • Weipa Airport (IATA code: WEI), Weipa, Queensland, Australia
  • Wei Empire, a fictional state and planetary romance series of Yulia Latynina

See also

  • Way (disambiguation)
  • Wee (disambiguation)
  • Wey (disambiguation)
  • Whey (disambiguation)