(wéi, ㄨㄟˊ) as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do [CE-DICT]
(wèi, ㄨㄟˋ) because of; for; to [CE-DICT]
之
(これ) (pn) (1) (uk) (See 何れ・1,其れ・1,彼・あれ・1) this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); (2) (hum) this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); (3) now; (4) (arch) here; (5) (arch) I (me); (6) (arch) certainly; (P) [EDICT]
(の) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT]
(zhī, ㄓ) (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it [CE-DICT]
死
(し) (n,n-suf) (1) death; decease; (2) (arch) (See 五刑) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (P) [EDICT]
(sǐ, ㄙˇ) to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely [CE-DICT]