HSK Level 5

部位

bù wèi

position; place; location

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整体 (zhěngtǐ)

whole

全局 (quánjú)

overall

Etymology & Components

The Chinese word 部位 (bùwèi) is composed of two characters: 部 (bù) and 位 (wèi). The character 部 originally meant "part" or "section", and was often used in military contexts to refer to a division or unit. The character 位 originally meant "position" or "place", and was often used in philosophical or religious contexts to refer to a person's status or rank. When combined, the two characters 部位 (bùwèi) took on the meaning of "part" or "section of something", and is now commonly used to refer to a specific part of the body, a component of a machine, or a section of a text.