HSK 6 · Ideas

威望 wēiwàng “prestige” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 威望 means

  1. prestige
  2. standing

How to say 威望

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale望wàng4th tone, falling

威望 in a sentence

  1. 这位老教授在学校里很有威望。

    Zhè wèi lǎo jiàoshòu zài xuéxiào lǐ hěn yǒu wēiwàng.

    This old professor is highly respected at the university.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 他在村里的威望很高。

    Tā zài cūnlǐ de wēiwàng hěn gāo.

    He’s held in high esteem in the village.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 威望 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 望 (wàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
望wàngfull moon
  • 亡death · wáng
  • 月moon · yuè
  • 王king · wáng

Memory aidA person standing gazing at the moon 月 far away: to gaze, to hope.

How to write 威望

威 9 strokes · 望 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 威望

Words with 威

威胁wēixié · to threaten威风wēifēng · impressive权威quánwēi · authority示威shìwēi · to hold a demonstration威力wēilì · power威信wēixìn · prestige

Words with 望

希望xīwàng · to hope失望shīwàng · disappointed盼望pànwàng · to hope for看望kànwàng · to visit愿望yuànwàng · desire探望tànwàng · to visit (esp. someone ill or elderly)绝望juéwàng · to despair渴望kěwàng · to long for期望qīwàng · to expect欲望yùwàng · desire

More words: Ideas & Concepts

突破tūpò · to break through外界wàijiè · the outside world危机wēijī · crisis威力wēilì · power威信wēixìn · prestige相差xiāngchà · to differ相辅相成xiāngfǔxiāngchéng · to complement each other陷阱xiànjǐng · trap

FAQs

威望 (wēiwàng) means “prestige” or “standing”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it wēiwàng: wēi with a 1st tone, then wàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 威望 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type weiwang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 威望 from the suggestions. Typing weiwang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
威望 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.