great in Chinese

How to write 伟大

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伟大 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 5. An advanced band: enough to read newspapers and watch films.

伟大 in a sentence

• 长zhǎng城chéng是shì伟wěi大dà的de建jiàn筑zhù。

  The Great Wall is a great building.

• 他tā是shì一yī位wèi伟wěi大dà的de科kē学xué家jiā。

  He is a great scientist.

• 母mǔ爱ài很hěn伟wěi大dà。

  A mother's love is great.

伟大 vs 大 vs 雄伟

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 大 dà big; great

  大 is physical or plain 'big'; 伟大 is figurative greatness — people, deeds, love: 伟大的祖国 'the great motherland'.

• 雄伟 xióng wěi majestic; grand

  For imposing things — 雄伟的长城 'the majestic Great Wall'. 伟大 praises significance, 雄伟 praises grandeur.