wei2
-ism; only; alone

wei3
yes

strokes 11
radical
strokes after radical 8
辩证唯物主义 辯證唯物主義 bian4 zheng4 wei2 wu4 zhu3 yi4
dialectical materialism

客观唯心主义 客觀唯心主義 ke4 guan1 wei2 xin1 zhu3 yi4
objective idealism (in Hegel's philosophy)

任人唯亲 任人唯親 ren4 ren2 wei2 qin1
to appoint people by favoritism (idiom); nepotism; corrupt appointment

任人唯贤 任人唯賢 ren4 ren2 wei2 xian2
to appoint people according to their merits (idiom); appointment on the basis of ability and integrity

若且唯若 若且唯若 ruo4 qie3 wei2 ruo4
if and only if

实践是检验真理的唯一标准 實踐是檢驗真理的唯一標準 shi2 jian4 shi4 jian3 yan4 zhen1 li3 de5 wei2 yi1 biao1 zhun3
Actual practice is the sole criterion for judging truth (item from Deng Xiaoping theory, from 1978)

唯读 唯讀 wei2 du2
read only (computing)

唯独 唯獨 wei2 du2
only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique

唯恐 唯恐 wei2 kong3
for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐

唯恐天下不乱 唯恐天下不亂 wei2 kong3 tian1 xia4 bu4 luan4
to wish for the whole world to be in chaos (idiom)

唯理论 唯理論 wei2 li3 lun4
(philosophy) rationalism

唯利是图 唯利是圖 wei2 li4 shi4 tu2
to seek nothing but profit (idiom); personal profit before everything; self-seeking

唯美 唯美 wei2 mei3
aesthetics

唯命是从 唯命是從 wei2 ming4 shi4 cong2
to follow obediently

唯识宗 唯識宗 wei2 shi2 zong1
Yogācāra school of Buddhism; Consciousness-only school of Buddhism

唯物 唯物 wei2 wu4
materialistic

唯物论 唯物論 wei2 wu4 lun4
the philosophy of materialism, doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality

唯物主义 唯物主義 wei2 wu4 zhu3 yi4
materialism, philosophical doctrine that physical matter is the whole of reality

唯象 唯象 wei2 xiang4
phenomenological

唯象理论 唯象理論 wei2 xiang4 li3 lun4
phenomenology

唯心论 唯心論 wei2 xin1 lun4
philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness

唯心主义 唯心主義 wei2 xin1 zhu3 yi4
philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness

唯一 唯一 wei2 yi1
only; sole

唯一性 唯一性 wei2 yi1 xing4
uniqueness

唯意志论 唯意志論 wei2 yi4 zhi4 lun4
voluntarism; metaphysical view, esp. due to Schopenhauer 叔本華|叔本华, that the essence of the world is willpower

唯有 唯有 wei2 you3
only

唯唯诺诺 唯唯諾諾 wei3 wei3 nuo4 nuo4
to be a yes-man