HSK 5 · Adjectives

伟大 wěidà “great” in Chinese

Traditional 偉大

What 伟大 means

  1. great
  2. mighty
  3. huge
  4. grand
  5. worthy of the greatest admiration
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • important (contribution etc)

How to say 伟大

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale伟wěi3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale大dà4th tone, falling

伟大 in a sentence

  1. 我认为他是位伟大的作家。

    Wǒ rènwéi tā shì wèi wěidà de zuòjiā.

    I think he’s a great writer.

    Sentence #1446868 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 母爱比任何别的东西都伟大。

    Mǔ'ài bǐ rènhé biéde dōngxi dōu wěidà.

    A mother’s love is greater than anything else.

    Sentence #5698047 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他是世界上最伟大的科学家之一。

    Tā shì shìjiè shàng zuì wěidà de kēxuéjiā zhīyī.

    He is one of the greatest scientists in the world.

    Sentence #9478804 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 伟大 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 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.

The character 大 (dà) with each of its parts in a different colour
大dàbig; large; great
  • 一one · yī
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidA person standing with arms stretched wide: big.

How to write 伟大

伟 6 strokes · 大 3 strokes

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

Words related to 伟大

Words with 伟

宏伟hóngwěi · magnificent雄伟xióngwěi · majestic

Words with 大

大dà · big大学dàxué · university大学生dàxuéshēng · university student大家dàjiā · everyone大人dàren · adult大衣dàyī · overcoat大小dàxiǎo · size大熊猫dàxióngmāo · giant panda大夫dàifu · doctor大概dàgài · roughly

More words: Adjectives

歪wāi · askew完美wánměi · perfect完善wánshàn · complete完整wánzhěng · complete温暖wēnnuǎn · warm温柔wēnróu · gentle文明wénmíng · civilised稳定wěndìng · steady

FAQs

伟大 (wěidà) means “great” or “mighty”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it wěidà: wěi with a 3rd tone, then dà with a 4th 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, 伟大 is written 偉大. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weida with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 伟大 from the suggestions. Typing weida into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
伟大 is an HSK 5 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.