位元

Chinese

		position; location; (measure word for persons) position; location; (measure word for persons); place; seat	primary; first; fundamental primary; first; fundamental; dollar; (dynasty)
simp. and trad. (位元)		位	元

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): wèiyuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): wai⁶ jyun⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ūi-goân

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: wèiyuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˋ ㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: wèiyuán
    • Wade–Giles: wei⁴-yüan²
    • Yale: wèi-ywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: weyyuan
    • Palladius: вэйюань (vɛjjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯⁵¹ ɥɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: wai⁶ jyun⁴
    • Yale: waih yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁶ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: wei⁶ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯²² jyːn²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ūi-goân
    • Tâi-lô: uī-guân
    • Phofsit Daibuun: uixgoaan
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ui²²⁻²¹ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁴¹⁻²² ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ui²²⁻²¹ ɡuan¹³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ui³³⁻¹¹ ɡuan²⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui³³⁻²¹ ɡuan²³/

Noun

位元

1. (information theory) bit (the smallest unit of storage in a digital computer)

Synonyms

• 比特 (bǐtè)
• 位 (wèi)

Derived terms

• 位元率 (wèiyuánlǜ)
• 位元組 / 位元组 (wèiyuánzǔ)
• 量子位元 (liàngzǐ wèiyuán)