HSK 6 · Adjectives

威风 wēifēng “impressive” in Chinese

Traditional 威風

What 威风 means

  1. impressive
  2. power and prestige
  3. awe-inspiring
  4. awe-inspiring bearing
  5. authority
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • power
  • imposing
  • majestic

How to say 威风

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale威wēi1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale风fēng1st tone, high and level

威风 in a sentence

  1. 他穿上警察的制服，看起来很威风。

    Tā chuānshang jǐngchá de zhìfú, kànqǐlai hěn wēifēng.

    He looks very impressive in his police uniform.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 舞狮表演非常威风。

    Wǔshī biǎoyǎn fēicháng wēifēng.

    The lion dance is really impressive.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 威风 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 威 (wēi) with each of its parts in a different colour
威wēipower
  • 戌part of the character
  • 女woman · nǚ
The character 风 (fēng) with each of its parts in a different colour
风fēngwind
  • 几table · jī
  • 乂to govern · yì

Memory aidSimplified from 風. Picture a sail 几 filled by the wind, with a swirl 乂 inside: wind.

How to write 威风

威 9 strokes · 风 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

威风 (wēifēng) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 威风 (wēifēng). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 威风

Words with 威

威胁wēixié · to threaten权威quánwēi · authority示威shìwēi · to hold a demonstration威力wēilì · power威望wēiwàng · prestige威信wēixìn · prestige

Words with 风

风fēng · wind刮风guāfēng · windy风险fēngxiǎn · risk风俗fēngsú · social custom风格fēnggé · style风景fēngjǐng · scenery麦克风màikèfēng · microphone (loanword)风味fēngwèi · local flavour风度fēngdù · manner风趣fēngqù · witty

More words: Adjectives

完备wánbèi · complete顽固wángù · stubborn顽强wánqiáng · tenacious微不足道wēibùzúdào · insignificant蔚蓝wèilán · azure温和wēnhé · mild文雅wényǎ · elegant无比wúbǐ · incomparable

FAQs

威风 (wēifēng) means “impressive” or “power and prestige”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wēifēng: wēi with a 1st tone, then fēng with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 威风 is written 威風. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weifeng with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 威风 from the suggestions. Typing weifeng into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
威风 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.