HSK 6 · Adjectives

雄伟 xióngwěi “majestic” in Chinese

Traditional 雄偉

What 雄伟 means

  1. majestic
  2. grand
  3. imposing
  4. magnificent

How to say 雄伟

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale雄xióng2nd 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

雄伟 in a sentence

  1. 明天，我将飞越雄伟的喜马拉雅山脉。

    Míngtiān, wǒ jiāng fēiyuè xióngwěi de Xǐmǎlāyǎ shānmài.

    Tomorrow I’ll fly over the magnificent Himalayas.

    Sentence #13575790 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 雄伟 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 雄 (xióng) with each of its parts in a different colour
雄xióngmale
  • 厷forearm · gōngSound part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīMeaning part

隹 hints at the meaning (short-tailed bird); 厷 (gōng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xióng.

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 雄伟

雄 12 strokes · 伟 6 strokes

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

Words related to 雄伟

Words with 雄

英雄yīngxióng · hero雄厚xiónghòu · abundant雌雄cíxióng · male and female

Words with 伟

伟大wěidà · great宏伟hóngwěi · magnificent

More words: Adjectives

欣欣向荣xīnxīnxiàngróng · flourishing新颖xīnyǐng · novel凶恶xiōng'è · fierce雄厚xiónghòu · abundant喜闻乐见xǐwénlèjiàn · popular细致xìzhì · careful悬殊xuánshū · very different虚假xūjiǎ · false

FAQs

雄伟 (xióngwěi) means “majestic” or “grand”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it xióngwěi: xióng 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, 雄伟 is written 雄偉. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type xiongwei with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 雄伟 from the suggestions. Typing xiongwei into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
雄伟 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.