偉大

See also: 伟大

Chinese

		big; large; great	big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor
trad. (偉大)		偉	大
simp. (伟大)		伟	大

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): wěidà

(Zhuyin): ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄚˋ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): wai⁵ daai⁶

(Taishan, Wiktionary): vi² ai⁵
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): ví-thai

(Meixian, Guangdong): vi³ tai⁴
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): úi-tāi / úi-tōa

(Teochew, Peng'im): ui² dai⁶
Wu (Suzhou, Wugniu): ⁶we-da₆

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: wěidà
  - Zhuyin: ㄨㄟˇ ㄉㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: wěidà
  - Wade–Giles: wei³-ta⁴
  - Yale: wěi-dà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: woeidah
  - Palladius: вэйда (vɛjda)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /weɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ tä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: wai⁵ daai⁶
  - Yale: wáih daaih
  - Cantonese Pinyin: wai⁵ daai⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: wei⁵ dai⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɐi̯¹³ taːi̯²²/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  - Wiktionary: vi² ai⁵
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /vi⁵⁵ ai³²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ví-thai
  - Hakka Romanization System: vi^ˋ tai
  - Hagfa Pinyim: vi³ tai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /vi³¹ tʰai̯⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  - Guangdong: vi³ tai⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /ʋi³¹ tʰaɪ⁵³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-tāi
  - Tâi-lô: uí-tāi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uy'dai
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tai³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai²²/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tai⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tai³³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, variant in Taiwan)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: úi-tōa
  - Tâi-lô: uí-tuā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: uy'doa
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /ui⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tua³³/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /ui⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ tua⁴¹/
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ui⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tua²²/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: ui² dai⁶
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: úi tăi
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ui⁵²⁻³⁵ tai³⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Suzhou)
  - Wugniu: ⁶we-da₆
  - MiniDict: we^去 da^去
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /ɦue²³ dɑ¹¹/

Adjective

偉大

great; extraordinary
偉大的祖國／伟大的祖国 ― wěidà de zǔguó ― great motherland
- 2001, “你是我一生中最大的驕傲”, 劉德華 [Andy Lau] (lyrics), 주영훈 [juyeonghun, Joo Young Hoon] (music), performed by 劉德華 [Andy Lau], cover of 다시 [dasi]:
  
  你已成為我一生中最偉大的驕傲 [MSC, trad.]
  你已成为我一生中最伟大的骄傲 [MSC, simp.]
  nǐ yǐ chéngwéi wǒ yīshēng zhōng zuì wěidà de jiāo'ào [Pinyin]
  You've become the greatest source of pride in my life
- 2013, “大雨欲來”, in 十方 (lyrics), 方文良 [Neil Fang] (music), 另存心檔‎^[1], performed by 亦帆 [Canace]:
  
  時間這呢偉大　什麼攏會變化 [Taiwanese Hokkien, trad.]
  时间这呢伟大　什么拢会变化 [Taiwanese Hokkien, simp.]
  sî-kan chiah-nī úi-tōa, siáⁿ-mih lóng ē piàn-hòa [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]
  Time is so great, anything can change

Synonyms

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不得了 (bùdéliǎo) (colloquial)
了不得 (colloquial)
了不起 (liǎobùqǐ) (colloquial)
了勿起 (Wu)
佼佼 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
俊偉 / 俊伟 (jùnwěi) (literary)
傑出 / 杰出 (jiéchū)
傲人 (àorén) (nowadays especially of breasts, body curve)
優異 / 优异 (yōuyì)
優秀 / 优秀 (yōuxiù)
優越 / 优越 (yōuyuè)
出挑 (chhut-thio) (Quanzhou Hokkien)
出擢 (Hokkien)
出眾 / 出众 (chūzhòng)
出腳 / 出脚 (Hokkien)
出色 (chūsè)
勢面 / 势面 (Hokkien)
勿得了 (Wu)
卓然 (zhuórán) (literary)
卓犖 / 卓荦 (zhuóluò) (literary)
卓異 / 卓异 (zhuóyì) (literary)
卓著 (zhuózhù)
卓越 (zhuóyuè)
厲害 / 厉害 (lìhài) (informal)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
咧斗 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
好極了 / 好极了 (hǎo jíle)
尤異 / 尤异 (yóuyì) (literary)
崢嶸 / 峥嵘 (zhēngróng)
彰顯 / 彰显 (zhāngxiǎn)
惡實 / 恶实 (o⁵ shr⁶) (Xiang, used as a complement)
打得 (Hakka)
挺 (tǐng)
斐然 (fěirán)
棒 (bàng) (colloquial)
標青 / 标青 (biu¹ ceng¹) (Cantonese, Teochew)
漂亮
炳 (bǐng) (literary)
牛 (niú) (Mandarin, slang)
牛鬼 (Guilin Mandarin)
特出 (tèchū)
特異 / 特异 (tèyì)
犀利 (xīlì) (originally Cantonese, sometimes Mandarin)
皦皦 (jiǎojiǎo) (literary)
看家 (kānjiā) (attributive, of skill, ability, etc.)
穩 / 稳 (wěn) (slang, neologism)
突出 (tūchū)
英英 (yīngyīng) (literary)
蓋帽 / 盖帽 (gàimào) (slang)
表表 (biǎobiǎo) (literary)
超凡 (chāofán)
超卓 (chāozhuó) (literary)
超常 (chāocháng)
超拔 (chāobá) (literary)
超絕 / 超绝 (chāojué)
非凡 (fēifán)
響噹噹 / 响当当 (xiǎngdāngdāng)
顯著 / 显著 (xiǎnzhù)
高強 / 高强 (gāoqiáng)

Antonyms

渺小 (miǎoxiǎo)
微小 (wēixiǎo)

Derived terms

中華民族偉大復興 / 中华民族伟大复兴 (Zhōnghuá mínzú wěidà fùxīng)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (偉大):

→ Japanese: 偉(い)大(だい) (idai)
→ Korean: 위대(偉大) (widae)
→ Vietnamese: vĩ đại (偉大)

Others:

→ Zhuang: veijda

Japanese

Kanji in this term
偉	大
い Grade: S	だい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いだい [ìdáí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ida̠i]

Adjective

偉(い)大(だい) • (idai) ^{←ゐだい (widai)^?}-na (adnominal 偉(い)大(だい)な (idai na), adverbial 偉(い)大(だい)に (idai ni))

great

Inflection

Inflection of 偉大
Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	偉大だろ	いだいだろ	idai daro
Continuative (連用形)	偉大で	いだいで	idai de
Terminal (終止形)	偉大だ	いだいだ	idai da
Attributive (連体形)	偉大な	いだいな	idai na
Hypothetical (仮定形)	偉大なら	いだいなら	idai nara
Imperative (命令形)	偉大であれ	いだいであれ	idai de are
Key constructions
Informal negative	偉大ではない偉大じゃない	いだいではないいだいじゃない	idai de wa nai idai ja nai
Informal past	偉大だった	いだいだった	idai datta
Informal negative past	偉大ではなかった偉大じゃなかった	いだいではなかったいだいじゃなかった	idai de wa nakatta idai ja nakatta
Formal	偉大です	いだいです	idai desu
Formal negative	偉大ではありません偉大じゃありません	いだいではありませんいだいじゃありません	idai de wa arimasen idai ja arimasen
Formal past	偉大でした	いだいでした	idai deshita
Formal negative past	偉大ではありませんでした偉大じゃありませんでした	いだいではありませんでしたいだいじゃありませんでした	idai de wa arimasen deshita idai ja arimasen deshita
Conjunctive	偉大で	いだいで	idai de
Conditional	偉大なら（ば）	いだいなら（ば）	idai nara (ba)
Provisional	偉大だったら	いだいだったら	idai dattara
Volitional	偉大だろう	いだいだろう	idai darō
Adverbial	偉大に	いだいに	idai ni
Degree	偉大さ	いだいさ	idaisa

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

“偉大”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

Korean

Hanja in this term
偉	大

Noun

偉大 • (widae) (hangeul 위대)

hanja form^? of 위대 (“great; greatness”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
偉	大

Adjective

偉大

chữ Hán form of vĩ đại (“great; extraordinary”)

[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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