Great in Chinese
great · HSK 5
伟大
- 伟 great
- 大 big
母爱是伟大的。 A mother's love is great.
Other ways to say great
More words with 伟 or 大
How do you say great in Chinese?
Great in Chinese is 伟大 (wěi dà). You can also say 大 (dà), 棒 (bàng).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
Our own dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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