伟 (wěi): big, large, great
伟 (wěi) is a Chinese character meaning “big.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亻 (semantic) and 韦 (phonetic). It ranks #1106 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).
Etymologically derived, 伟 person. Its radical form 亻 (person) appears in many related characters such as 人 (rén, person), 什 (shén, what), 今 (jīn, now).
Definitions
- big
- large
- great
Etymology & Origin
Stroke Order
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Words & Compounds
HSK Vocabulary with 伟
Common Compounds
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 伟人noun | wěi rén | great person |
| 宏伟adjective | hóng wěi | grand |
| 雄伟adjective | xióng wěi | grand |
| 大伟 | dà wěi | David (name) |
| 伟哥proper-noun | wěi gē | Viagra (male impotence drug) |
| 丰功伟绩phrase | fēng gōng wěi jì | glorious achievement (idiom) |
| 伟业noun | wěi yè | exploit |
| 伟岸adjective | wěi àn | imposing |
| 伟力noun | wěi lì | mighty force |
| 伟绩noun | wěi jì | great acts |
| 英伟达 | yīng wěi dá | NVIDIA, computer graphics card company |
| 居功至伟verb | jū gōng zhì wěi | see 厥功至偉|厥功至伟 |
| 伟观 | wěi guān | magnificent vista |
| 伟器noun | wěi qì | great talent |
| 奇伟 | qí wěi | singular and majestic |
伟 appears in 28 compound words: 46 as the first character, 36 as the last, and 18 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.
Strongest Collocations
Characters that most frequently co-occur with 伟 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.
Idioms & Chengyu (2)
Example Sentences
他是一位伟大的科学家，为人类做出了巨大贡献。
Tā shì yī wèi wěidà de kēxuéjiā, wèi rénlèi zuò chū le jùdà gòngxiàn.
He is a great scientist who has made tremendous contributions to humanity.
陈伟智:人生还在战斗的九把刀─《功夫》是不是...
chén wěi zhì : rén shēng hái zài zhàn dǒu de jiǔ bǎ dāo gōng fū shì bù shì . . .
Chen Weizhi: The nine knives that are still fighting in life - "Kung Fu" is...
宏福苑|管浩鸣关注收购尺价逾万元点计?黄伟纶:支援少少钱装修
hóng fú 苑 guǎn hào míng guān zhù shōu gòu chǐ jià yú wàn yuán diǎn jì ? huáng wěi 纶 : zhī yuán shǎo shǎo qián zhuāng xiū
Guan Haoming pays attention to the purchase price of more than 10,000 yuan? Huang Weilun: Support a little money for decoration
沙田早晨│巫伟杰大举练兵
shā tián zǎo chén wū wěi jié dà jǔ liàn bīng
Sha Tin Morning│Wu Weijie conducted large-scale military training
英伟达美股盘前涨近2%
yīng wěi dá měi gǔ pán qián zhǎng jìn
NVIDIA's U.S. stock rises nearly 2% in premarket
他无庸置疑是个伟大的艺术家。
Tā wúyōng zhìyí shì gè wěidà de yìshùjiā.
It is clear that he is a great artist.
一名伟大的战士威力显著，无需抵死奋战。
Yī míng wěidà de zhànshì wēilì xiǎnzhù, wúxū dǐ sǐ fènzhàn.
A great warrior radiates strength. He doesn't have to fight to the death.
矮人们是伟大的铁匠。
ǎirénmen shì wěidà de tiějiang.
The dwarves are great smiths.
芭蕉是最伟大的诗人。
Bājiāo shì zuì wěidà de shīrén.
Basho was the greatest poet.
他是古今无匹的伟大政治家。
Tā shì gǔjīn-wúpǐ de wěidà zhèngzhìjiā.
He is the greatest statesman that ever lived.
Character Family
Semantic Family — Characters sharing the 亻 (person) component
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