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伟人

wěirén

great person

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

great person

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 伟人 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 伟人 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

自大狂和自恋狂的分别，在於自大狂渴望能够手握大权、受人敬畏，而自恋狂却比较想拥有魅力、得到爱戴。许多疯子和历史上的伟人都属於前者。zì dà kuáng hé zì liàn kuáng de fēn bié， zài yú zì dà kuáng kě wàng néng gòu shǒu wò dà quán、 shòu rén jìng wèi， ér zì liàn kuáng què bǐ jiào xiǎng yōng yǒu mèi lì、 dé dào ài dài。 xǔ duō fēng zi hé lì shǐ shàng de wěi rén dōu shǔ yú qián zhě。

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

他竞然不是完人而已经成了伟人。tā jìng rán bú shì wán rén ér yǐ jīng chéng le wěi rén。

No published English translation for this sentence.

一些德国伟人，包括歌德，贝多芬，莫扎特和爱因斯坦，都是左撇子。yī xiē dé guó wěi rén， bāo kuò gē dé， bèi duō fēn， mò zhā tè hé ài yīn sī tǎn， dōu shì zuǒ piě zi。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 伟人.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 伟人.

Directly before

  • 了伟人1
  • 的伟人1
  • 德国伟人1

Directly after

  • 伟人都1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 伟人

What does 伟人 mean in Chinese?

伟人 (wěirén) means great person.

How do you pronounce 伟人?

伟人 is pronounced wěirén.

Is 伟人 an HSK word?

伟人 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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