HSK 6 · Adjectives

宏伟 hóngwěi “magnificent” in Chinese

Traditional 宏偉

What 宏伟 means

  1. magnificent
  2. grand
  3. imposing

How to say 宏伟

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale宏hóng2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale伟wěi3rd tone, dipping

宏伟 in a sentence

  1. 长城是一项宏伟的工程。

    Chángchéng shì yí xiàng hóngwěi de gōngchéng.

    The Great Wall is a magnificent feat of engineering.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 这座宫殿非常宏伟。

    Zhè zuò gōngdiàn fēicháng hóngwěi.

    This palace is very grand.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 宏伟 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 宏 (hóng) with each of its parts in a different colour
宏hónggreat
  • 宀roof · miánMeaning part
  • 厷forearm · gōngSound part

宀 hints at the meaning (roof); 厷 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with hóng.

The character 伟 (wěi) with each of its parts in a different colour
伟wěibig
  • 亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
  • 韦tanned leather · wéiSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 韦 (wéi) hints at the sound. Compare it with wěi.

How to write 宏伟

宏 7 strokes · 伟 6 strokes

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

Words related to 宏伟

Words with 宏

宏观hóngguān · macro

Words with 伟

伟大wěidà · great雄伟xióngwěi · majestic

More words: Adjectives

和睦hémù · harmonious横héng · horizontal和气héqi · friendly和谐héxié · harmonious华丽huálì · magnificent荒凉huāngliáng · desolate荒谬huāngmiù · absurd荒唐huāngtang · absurd

FAQs

宏伟 (hóngwěi) means “magnificent” or “grand”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it hóngwěi: hóng with a 2nd tone, then wěi with a 3rd 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, 宏伟 is written 宏偉. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type hongwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 宏伟 from the suggestions. Typing hongwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
宏伟 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.