唯

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 8
Total Strokes: 11

Pronunciation

Pinyin: wěi, wéi
Cantonese: wai2 wai4
JapaneseKun: TADA KORE
JapaneseOn: YUI I
Korean: YU
Vietnamese: dõi

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: only; yes

CE-Dict: yes

Soothill: eva (एव). Affirmative, yes; to answer, respond; said to interpret mātratā (मात्रता), and is defined as discrimination, decision, approval. It is also used for only, alone, but.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.only; alone
wei
ㄨㄟˇ
1.yes or no; the words one answers

朗道漢英字典 - Lang Dao: alone; only

懶蟲簡明漢英詞典: alone; only

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《口部》唯諾也。从口隹聲。

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】唯
【廣韻】以追切【集韻】【韻會】夷隹切，𠀤音惟。【玉篇】唯，獨也。【集韻】專辭。【易·乾卦】其唯聖人乎。【詩·小雅】唯酒食是議。【韻會】六經惟維唯三字皆通。作語辭。　又縣名。【前漢·地理志】益州郡來唯縣。　又【集韻】視隹切，音垂。與誰同。何也。　又【唐韻】以水切【集韻】【韻會】愈水切，𠀤音𨗨。【說文】諾也。【禮·曲禮】必慎唯諾。【釋文】唯，于癸反。徐，于比反。沈，以水反。【又】父召無諾，先生召無諾，唯而起。又【內則】能言，男唯，女兪。【戰國策】范睢曰唯唯。　又【詩·齊風】其魚唯唯。【傳】唯唯，出入不制也。【箋】唯唯，行相隨順之貌。【釋文】唯，維癸反。沈，養水反。【韓詩】作遺遺，言不能制也。

Foguang Dictionary of Buddhism (佛光大辭典) 　梵語ma^trata^。音譯摩怛剌多。(一)此字含有三義：(一)簡別，即簡別此法異于他法。(二)決定，即決定有此法。(三)顯勝，即顯示此法之殊勝。﹝大乘法苑義林章卷一末、成唯識論述記卷一本﹞
　(二)數論學派以‘唯’表示極微細元素之意。金七十論卷上（大五四·一二五○下）：‘五唯生五大，聲唯生空大，（中略）香唯生地大。’

Ding Fubao - Dictionary for Buddhist Studies (丁福保:佛學大辭典) （術語）梵語摩怛刺多Ma%trata%，一簡別之義，簡別于他法雲唯。二決定之義，示決定有此法雲唯。三顯勝之義，示此法之顯勝雲唯。義林章一末曰：“梵雲摩怛剌多，此翻為唯。唯有三義：一簡持義。二決定義。三顯勝義。”唯識述記一本曰：“唯言顯其二義：一簡別義。二決定義。”

Buddhism words and phrases only

ユイ
only

CF-Dict: consentir

Han-De-Dict: aber ja, ja (u.E.)