偉 (wai5 | wei3) : great; extraordinary

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偉

wai5

wei3

[1] great; big; gigantic; extraordinary

Stroke count: 11

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

偉 / 伟

This word has been viewed 11833 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

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偉大 wai5 daai6 wei3 da4 = mighty, great; worthy of the greatest admiration

雄偉 hung4 wai5 xiong2 wei3 = grand

偉人 wai5 jan4 wei3 ren2 = great person

偉業 wai5 jip6 wei3 ye4 = exploit; great undertaking

宏偉 wang4 wai5 hong2 wei3 = grand; imposing; magnificent

英偉 jing1 wai5 ying1 wei3 = [adj] great, powerful

奇偉果 kei4 wai5 gwo2 = kiwi fruit (as loanword)

偉哥 wai5 go1 wei3 ge1 = Viagra (male impotence drug)

偉晶岩 wai5 zing1 ngaam4 wei3 jing1 yan2 = pegmatite

馬浚偉 maa5 zeon3 wai5 ma3 jun4 wei3 = Steven Ma

阿偉 aa3 wai5 = refers to sb who is not a triad member 粵

布偉傑 bou3 wai5 git6 bu4 wei3 jie2 = Brian Thomas Burrell, Bo Wai Kit

梁朝偉 loeng4 ciu4 wai5 liang2 chao2 wei3 = Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

陳偉雄 can4 wai5 hung4 chen2 wei3 xiong2 = Chan Wai Hung

大張偉 daai6 zoeng1 wai5 da4 zhang1 wei3 = Da Zhang Wei

杜德偉 dou6 dak1 wai5 du4 de2 wei3 = Alex To

郭偉建 gwok3 wai5 gin3 guo1 wei3 jian1 = Ken Guo

郭偉亮 gwok3 wai5 loeng6 guo1 wei3 liang4 = Eric Kwok

呂良偉 leoi5 loeng4 wai5 lu3 liang2 wei3 = Ray Lui

梁偉庭 loeng4 wai5 ting4 liang2 wei3 ting2 = Leung Wai Ting

苗僑偉 miu4 kiu4 wai5 miao2 qiao2 wei3 = Michael Miu Kiu Wai

王紹偉 wong4 siu6 wai5 wang2 shao4 wei3 = Sam Wang

黃偉文 wong4 wai5 man4 huang2 wei3 wen2 = Wyman Wong

曾志偉 zang1 zi3 wai5 zeng1 zhi4 wei3 = Eric Tsang

張進偉 zoeng1 zeon3 wai5 zhang1 jin3 wei3 = DJ Tommy (a.k.a, Cheung Chun Wai) (common formation)

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Unicode code for this character: U+5049 (off-site link)

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