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The word, 'weiji' is made up of two characters, "wei" and "ji."

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He thought, in Thailand one gave the "wei" to Buddhist statues, stupas, shrines, temples, and people who were older and of higher classes if such individuals exerted a powerful role over him; and yet one did this not understanding why it was done.

Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

They were careful and obsequious with their "wei," their traditions, and their buried tongues.

Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

Being respectful to one's elders and giving the prayerful gesture of the "wei" (pronounced as "why") to one's superiors did exist in him at certain times.

Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

Li K'wei's land laws singularly resembled those recommended to the Manchu Government by Sir Robert Hart four years ago.

Ancient China Simplified Edward Harper Parker 1887

Thais were culturally programmed to give the "wei" to the Buddha and the monk but in their hearts that steamed with greed as they cooked their food on the streets, sold their trinkets from their sheets, worked in office jobs, were government officers, part of an educated middle class, and a million other activities, classifications, and identities, this traditional greeting with the folded hands in front of the face was deeply given in the secret regions of subconscious ideas for those whom they thought of as rich.

Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

Face draped on the backs of your hands folded on the table, you almost look as if you are making the gesture of 'wei' or praying to Buddha. "

Corpus of a Siam Mosquito

This movement, he argues—not Party-sponsored debate—triggered official reforms, fostered a new solidarity among dissidents that influenced the wei quan "rights defense" movement of the past decade, and transformed the language of dissent from "Maoist cant."

The Freedom Writer Ellen Bork 2011

Throughout his new book, "On China," Mr. Kissinger uses wei qi to explain how Chinese leaders such as Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping managed crises during the Korean War, disputes over Taiwan, the Vietnam War, conflicts throughout Southeast Asia and with the Soviet Union, and the normalization of relations with the U.S.

What Kind of Game Is China Playing? Keith Johnson 2011

Learning the ancient board game of wei qi, known in the U.S. as Go, can teach non-Chinese how to see the geostrategic "board" the same way that Chinese leaders do, he says.

What Kind of Game Is China Playing? Keith Johnson 2011