Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 绍伟, 少伟, 绍威, etc.(Chinese) 紹偉, 少偉, 紹威, etc.(Traditional Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /ʂaʊ̯.weɪ̯/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 绍 (shào) meaning "continue, carry on" or 少 (shǎo) meaning "few, little" combined with 伟 (wěi) meaning "great, robust, extraordinary" or 威 (wēi) meaning "power, pomp". Other character combinations can form this name as well.