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Jyutping wai1 mou5
Pinyin wēi wǔ

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. might
  2. formidable
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. to look powerful and mighty
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 名詞
    武力​同權威
    might and power
    • 威武不能屈
      威武不能屈
      wai1 mou5 bat1 nang4 wat1.
      Though I am powerful, I ought to win over others through virtue and kindness.
  2. 形容詞
    形容​人好​有​氣勢​,​孔武有力​(​通常​指個樣​)
    (to look) powerful; (to seem) mighty
    • 佢好威武。
      佢好威武。
      keoi5 hou1 wai1 mou5.
      He looks powerful.
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adj
    mighty; powerful; formidable
    (syn.) 洸洸
  2. noun
    might; power
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    富贵不能迷乱他的思想,贫贱不能改变他的操守,威武不能压服他的意志,这就是大丈夫的本分。
    富貴不能迷亂他的思想,貧賤不能改變他的操守,威武不能壓服他的意志,這就是大丈夫的本分。
    fù guì bù néng mí luàn tā de sī xiǎng , pín jiàn bù néng gǎi biàn tā de cāo shǒu , wēi wǔ bù néng yā fú tā de yì zhì , zhè jiù shì dà zhàng fu de běn fèn 。
    • Wealth could not muddle his thoughts, poverty could not change his integrity, force could not oppress his will, this is what it means to be a man.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    威武不能屈
    威武不能屈
    wai1 mou5 bat1 nang4 wat1.
    • Though I am powerful, I ought to win over others through virtue and kindness.
  2. Cantonese
    佢好威武。
    佢好威武。
    keoi5 hou1 wai1 mou5.
    • He looks powerful.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    军事家活动的舞台建筑在客观物质条件的上面,然而军事家凭着这个舞台,却可以导演出许多有声有色威武雄壮的活剧来。
    軍事家活動的舞台建築在客觀物質條件的上面,然而軍事家憑着這個舞台,卻可以導演出許多有聲有色威武雄壯的活劇來。
    jūn shì jiā huó dòng de wǔ tái jiàn zhù zài kè guān wù zhì tiáo jiàn de shàng miàn , ránér jūn shì jiā píng zhe zhè ge wǔ tái , què kě yǐ dǎo yǎn chū xǔ duō yǒu shēng yǒu sè wēi wǔ xióng zhuàng de huó jù lái .
    • The stage of action for military people is built upon objective material conditions, but on that stage they can direct the performance of many a drama, full of sound and colour, power and grandeur.