Taxonomy of meanings for 圍:　　

  • 圍 wéi (OC: ɢul MC: ɦʷɨi) 雨非切 平 廣韻：【守也圜也遶也 】
    • ATTACK
      • nab:post-N{OBJ}passivea siege 宋之衛"the siege against Sòng" ("siege" in "the siege by Sòng" would be ntab or, more explicitly, ntab - act)
      • nabactsiege
      • vtoNbesiege (typically a city); lay siege to
      • vtoNpassivebe besieged
    • SURROUND
      • vtoNencircle, surround
      • vtoNderivedsit around NCH
  • 圍 wèi (OC: ɢuls MC: ɦʷɨi) 于貴切 去 廣韻：【繞也又音韋 】
  • wéiLENGTH MEASURES
    • ncpost-V{NUM}.adNhaving NUM spansDS
    • npost-V{NUM}.postadVbe of size NUM spansDS

Additional information about 圍

說文解字: 【圍】，守也。从囗、韋聲。 【羽非切】

    Criteria
  • ATTACK

    [ASCENDING/DESCENDING]

    [CIVIL/MILITARY]

    [COMMENDATORY/DEROGATORY]

    [COVERT/OVERT]

    [GENERAL/SPECIFIC]

    [LARGE-SCALE/SMALL-SCALE]

    1. The general word for any attack is gōng 攻 (ant. shǒu 守 "defend"; success kè 克 ) which can be used in a general sense referring to all kinds of attack, although that word does also have the specific meaning of a pointed campaign against a certain locality. (Note 戰必勝，攻必克。 )

    [GENERAL]

    2. Fá 伐 refers to a large-scale typically destructive formal attack by one state on another, typically formally announced, and with much beating of drums.

    [DESCENDING], [MILITARY!], [LARGE-SCALE!], [OVERT]

    3. Qīn 侵 refers to a less formal attack, typically unannounced beforehand, and typically aimed at taking the enemy's territory.

    [COVERT!], [DEROGATORY], [MILITARY], [SPECIFIC]

    4. Xí 襲 refers to a surreptitious attack, on the sly, without any self-righteous pomp.

    [COVERT+], [MILITARY], [SPECIFIC]

    5. Zhēng 征 refers to a typically punitive campain of some size against a state, construed as being of lower status.

    [COMMENDATORY], [DESCENDING], [MILITARY], [LARGE-SCALE], [OVERT]

    6. Tǎo 討 refers to a an extended explicitly punitive campaign by someone who construes himself as being in moral authority and entitled to uphold rectitude and morality through warfare. (Also figurative as in 天討有罪 "Heaven punishes those who are guilty". See PUNISH)

    [COMMENDATORY], [DESCENDING+], [MILITARY], [OVERT]

    7. Wéi 圍 refers specifically to military attack by surrouding the enemy.

    [MILITARY], [OVERT], [SPECIFIC]

    8. Kòu 寇 refers derogatorily to a wanton enemy attack.

    [DEROGATORY+], [MILITARY]

    Word relations
  • Contrast: (ATTACK)伐/ATTACK Fá 伐 refers to a large-scale typically destructive formal attack by one state on another, typically formally announced, and with much beating of drums. [DESCENDING], [MILITARY], [LARGE-SCALE!], [OVERT]