魏都 ngai⁶ dou¹ {Wèi dū}

Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市, Henan

魏國〔-国〕 ngai⁶ gwok³ {Wèi guó}

1. Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄
2. Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms

魏源 ngai⁶ jyun⁴ {Wèi Yuán}

Wei Yuan (1794-1857), Qing dynasty thinker, historian and scholar

魏縣〔-县〕 ngai⁶ jyun⁶ {Wèi xiàn}

Wei county in Handan 邯鄲, Hebei

魏瑪〔-玛〕 ngai⁶ maa⁵ {Wèi mǎ}

Weimar

魏巍 ngai⁶ ngai⁴ {Wèi Wēi}

Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方 about the Korean war

魏收 ngai⁶ sau¹ {Wèi Shōu}

Wei Shou (506-572), writer and historian of Northern dynasty Qi 北齊, compiler of History of Wei of the Northern dynasties 魏書

魏書〔-书〕 ngai⁶ syu¹ {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 北齊, 114 scrolls

魏晉〔-晋〕 ngai⁶ zeon³ {Wèi Jìn}

Wei (220-265) and Jin (265-420) dynasties

魏徵〔-征〕 ngai⁶ zing¹ {Wèi Zhēng}

Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書

魏伯陽〔--阳〕 ngai⁶ baak³ joeng⁴ {Wèi Bó yáng}

Wei Boyang (c. 100-170), Chinese author and alchemist

魏德邁〔--迈〕 ngai⁶ dak¹ maai⁶ {Wèi dé mài}

1. Wedemeyer (name)
2. Albert Coady Wedemeyer (1897-1989), US Army commander

魏都區〔--区〕 ngai⁶ dou¹ keoi¹ {Wèi dū qū}

Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市, Henan

魏格納〔--纳〕 ngai⁶ gaak³ naap⁶ {Wèi gé nà}

Alfred Wegener (1880-1930), German meteorologist and geophysicist, the originator of the theory of continental drift

魏京生 ngai⁶ ging¹ sang¹ {Wèi Jīng shēng}

Wei Jingsheng (1950-), Beijing-based Chinese dissident, imprisoned 1978-1993 and 1995-1997, released to the US in 1997

魏文帝 ngai⁶ man⁴ dai³ {Wèi Wén dì}

Cao Pi 曹丕, emperor of Wei 220-226

魏忠賢〔--贤〕 ngai⁶ zung¹ jin⁴ {Wèi Zhōng xián}

Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming

魏晉南北朝〔-晋---〕 ngai⁶ zeon³ naam⁴ bak¹ ciu⁴ {Wèi Jìn Nán Běi Cháo}

1. Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties
2. generic term for historic period 220-589 between Han and Sui