Home
CantoDict HomeCantoDict Settings

Remove Adverts and gain lots of extra features
What is this page showing me?

  wai5   jyutping
  wei3   pinyin
[1] great; big; gigantic; extraordinary

Stroke count: 11
Level: 3
Radical: (#9)

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

This word has been viewed 11733 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:44

Output this character as a high resolution image
Add to vocab list:

Sponsors: One-on-One Online Chinese Tutoring | Learn Chinese | Learn Spanish
Learn Chinese | Learn Chinese in China | Learn Mandarin in China | Chinese School | Chinese Lessons in the UK

detail  wai5 daai6  wei3 da4 = mighty, great; worthy of the greatest admiration
detail  hung4 wai5  xiong2 wei3 = grand
detail  wai5 jan4  wei3 ren2 = great person
detail  wai5 jip6  wei3 ye4 = exploit; great undertaking
detail  wang4 wai5  hong2 wei3 = grand; imposing; magnificent
detail  jing1 wai5  ying1 wei3 = [adj] great, powerful
detail  kei4 wai5 gwo2   = kiwi fruit (as loanword)
detail  wai5 go1  wei3 ge1 = Viagra (male impotence drug)
detail  wai5 zing1 ngaam4  wei3 jing1 yan2 = pegmatite
detail  maa5 zeon3 wai5  ma3 jun4 wei3 = Steven Ma
See all 24 compounds (CantoDict reports 25 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)
This page shows, from top to bottom:
Script executed in 0.072537 secs
Rows returned from database=34
Donate to CantoDict
CantoDict v1.4.2 is a collaborative Chinese Dictionary project started in November 2003. Entries are added and mistakes corrected by a team of kind volunteers from around the world.
Copyright Adam Sheik 2003-2024.