威 (wēi) means Prestige (power). Below are 14 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他在业内很有 威 望。
Tā zài yènèi hěn yǒu wēiwàng.
He enjoys great prestige in the industry.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威望
他是这个领域的权 威 。
Tā shì zhège lǐngyù de quánwēi.
He is an authority in this field.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 权威
赢了一场就这么 威 风？
Yíng le yì chǎng jiù zhème wēifēng?
One win and you're this full of yourself?
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威风
这场台风的 威 力很大。
Zhè chǎng táifēng de wēilì hěn dà.
This typhoon has tremendous force.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威力
知识的 威 力是无穷的。
Zhīshi de wēilì shì wúqióng de.
The power of knowledge is boundless.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威力
威 望是靠多年积累的。
Wēiwàng shì kào duō nián jīlěi de.
Prestige is built up over many years.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威望
他在同事中很有 威 信。
Tā zài tóngshì zhōng hěn yǒu wēixìn.
He commands real respect among his colleagues.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威信
污染 威 胁着我们的生活。
Wūrǎn wēixié zhe wǒmen de shēnghuó.
Pollution threatens our lives.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 威胁
他穿上制服显得很 威 风。
Tā chuān shàng zhìfú xiǎnde hěn wēifēng.
In uniform he cuts an imposing figure.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威风
这件事损害了他的 威 信。
Zhè jiàn shì sǔnhài le tā de wēixìn.
This affair damaged his standing.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 威信
他从不用 威 胁的方式说话。
Tā cóng bú yòng wēixié de fāngshì shuō huà.
He never speaks in a threatening way.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 威胁
这本书是权 威 的参考资料。
Zhè běn shū shì quánwēi de cānkǎo zīliào.
This book is an authoritative reference.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 权威
人们在广场上举行了示 威 。
Rénmen zài guǎngchǎng shang jǔxíng le shìwēi.
People held a demonstration in the square.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 示威
他挥了挥拳头，像是在示 威 。
Tā huī le huī quántou, xiàng shì zài shìwēi.
He shook his fist as if making a show of force.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 示威
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Words that contain 威
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Questions about 威
How is 威 used in a sentence?
This page shows 14 sentences using 威 (wēi, "Prestige (power)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 威 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 威 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
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The dictionary page for 威 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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