| 魏 | wèi | tower over a palace gateway (old); surname Wei; name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States; Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han; the Wei dynasty 221-265; Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods |
| 北魏 | Běi Wèi | Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鲜卑 |
| 魏书 | Wèi shū | History of Wei of the Northern dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Wei Shou 魏收 in 554 during Northern Qi dynasty 北齐, 114 scrolls |
| 曹魏 | Cáo Wèi | Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265 |
| 西魏 | Xī Wèi | Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 |
| 东魏 | Dōng Wèi | Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 |
| 魏德迈 | Wèi dé mài | Wedemeyer |
| 魏忠贤 | Wèi Zhōng xián | Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming |
| 魏文帝 | Wèi Wén dì | Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226 |
| 围魏救赵 | wéi wèi jiù zhào | to besiege 魏 and rescue 赵; to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers (idiom) |
| 后魏 | Hòu Wèi | Wei of the Northern Dynasties 386-534 |
| 拓跋魏 | Tuò bá Wèi | Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534) |
| 汉末魏初 | Hàn mò Wèi chū | late Han and early Wei (roughly, first half of 3rd century AD) |
| 魏京生 | Wèi Jīng shēng | Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997 |
| 魏国 | Wèi guó | Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms |
| 魏巍 | Wèi Wēi | Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 东方 about the Korean war |
| 魏征 | Wèi Zhēng | Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋书 |
| 魏收 | Wèi shōu | Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齐, compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏书 |
| 魏晋 | Wèi Jìn | Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties |
| 魏晋南北朝 | Wèi Jìn Nán Běi Cháo | Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties; generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui |
| 魏格纳 | Wèi gé nà | Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift |
| 魏玛 | Wèi mǎ | Weimar |
| 魏县 | Wèi xiàn | Wei county in Handan 邯郸, Hebei |
| 魏都 | Wèi dū | Weidu district of Xuchang city 许昌市, Henan |
| 魏都区 | Wèi dū qū | Weidu district of Xuchang city 许昌市, Henan |
