伟
Tap the pinyin to hear it
big; large; great
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
great · Heisig RSH #1229
人 person + briar patch
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 伟
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 叶伟文 | alias of 葉偉民|叶伟民[Ye4 Wei3 min2] | |
| 叶伟民 | Raymond YIP Wai-Man, Hong Kong film director (debut as director: 1994) | |
| 英伟达 | NVIDIA, computer graphics card company | |
| 伟士牌 | Vespa (scooter) | |
| 居功至伟 | see 厥功至偉|厥功至伟[jue2 gong1 zhi4 wei3] | |
| 伟大 | huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) | |
| 大伟 | David (name) | |
| 伟人 | great person | |
| 伟力 | mighty force | |
| 伟器 | great talent | |
| 伟业 | exploit; great undertaking | |
| 杨利伟 | Yang Liwei (1965–), the first Chinese astronaut sent into space | |
| 气势宏伟 | imposing; majestic | |
| 奇伟 | singular and majestic; strange and grand | |
| 伟观 | magnificent vista; a wonder | |
| 伟晶岩 | pegmatite | |
| 宏伟区 | Hongwei, a district of Liaoyang City 遼陽市|辽阳市[Liao2 yang2 Shi4], Liaoning | |
| 伟哥 | Viagra (male impotence drug) | |
| 伟举 | great feat; splendid achievement | |
| 伟丽 | magnificent; imposing and beautiful |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 韦 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 韦 sound part | tanned leather; surname | |
| 围 | to surround, to encircle, to corral | |
| 违 | to violate, to disobey, to defy; to separate from | |
| 苇 | reed | |
| 纬 | warp and woof; lines of latitude | |
| 讳 | taboo; to shun, to conceal, to avoid mentioning | |
| 韪 | right; proper; perpriety | |
| 闱 | gate, door; living quarters | |
| 玮 | a type of red jade; rare, valuable | |
| 帏 | a curtain that forms a wall | |
| 炜 | brilliant, glowing, red | |
| 祎 | excellent, rare; beautiful, fine |