Wei
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Wei or WEI may refer to:
States
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Wei River, a main tributary of the Yellow River
- Wei County, Handan (魏县), Hebei, China
- Wei County, Xingtai (威县), Hebei, China
People
[edit]- Wei (given name), different variations of Chinese given names
- Wei (surname), various Chinese surnames (魏, 衛, 尉, 蔿, 韋)
- Wei Wei (disambiguation)
Other uses
[edit]- 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, a star otherwise known as Epsilon Scorpii
- Wei Empire, a fictional state and planetary romance series of Yulia Latynina