What does 位 mean? I found thanks to a dictionary that it can mean: position, place, location, seat or it can be a measure word for people (honorific). Oh, also a measure word for binary bits in comput

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What does 位 mean? I found thanks to a dictionary that it can mean: position, place, location, seat or it can be a measure word for people (honorific). Oh, also a measure word for binary bits in computer science, right? :D Can you explain the meaning in a clear way and provide a few example sentences? Thanks in advance.

Apr 26, 2014 12:37 PM

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location:黑龙江位于中国北部. seat:请乘客们回到自己的座位上。 measure word：一位顾客 a measure word for binary bits；49的个位数是9

April 26, 2014

hi,"位“ usually not use as a word alone,but when it is a measure word, it is! position = "位置" place,location = "位于" seat = "座位" measure word: for people:"一位伟人、一位顾客、一位领导", if we say "一位第弟" is weird for bit: it is exactly the same as "位", like " A byte contains 8 bits" translate as "一个字节包含八个位"，and also say "一个字节包含八个比特位"

April 26, 2014

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