Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- wěi
English
- right
- correct
- proper
- right
- propriety
Variants
Words containing 韙
- 不韙bat1 wai5
fault
- 冒大不韙mou6 daai6 bat1 wai5
(idiom) to face opprobrium
- 大不韙daai6 bat1 wai5
great error
- 丁韙良ding1 wai5 loeng4
William A.P. Martin (1827-1916), American missionary who lived 62 years in China between 1850 and 1916, and helped found many Chinese colleges, first president of Peking University
- 冒天下之大不韙mou6 tin1 haa6 zi1 daai6 bat1 wai5
see 冒大不韙|冒大不韪[mao4 da4 bu4 wei3]
- 犯天下之大不韙faan6 tin1 haa6 zi1 daai6 bat1 wai5
to defy public opinion/risk universal condemnation and do something considered inappropriate by everyone