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HSK 5
大
dà
1.
big
2.
huge
3.
large
4.
major
5.
great
6.
wide
7.
deep
8.
older (than)
9.
oldest
10.
eldest
11.
greatly
12.
very much
13.
(dialect) father
14.
father's elder or younger brother
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
不大
bùdà
not very
交大
Jiāodà
Jiaotong University
人大
Réndà
(Chinese) National People's Congress
伟大
wěidà
great
偌大
ruòdà
so big
做大
zuòdà
arrogant
光大
guāngdà
splendid
函大
hándà
abbr. for [[函授大學|函授大学<hánshòudàxué>]], open university
加大
jiādà
to increase (e.g. one's effort)
北大
BěiDà
Beijing University (abbr. for [[北京大學|北京大学]])
南大
NánDà
Nanjing University, NJU
博大
bódà
enormous
哥大
GēDà
Columbia University (abbr.)
四大
sìdà
the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)
国大
GuóDà
abbr. for [[國民大會|国民大会]], National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005)
增大
zēngdà
to enlarge
壮大
zhuàngdà
to expand
多大
duōdà
how big
大V
dàV
celebrity microblogger
大一
dàyī
first-year university student
Example Sentences (10)
雨下得真大。你怎么回去？我送你吧。
Yǔ xià de zhēn dà. Nǐ zěnme huí qù?Wǒ sòng nǐ ba.
It's raining really hard. How will you get back? I'll give you a ride.
Text 3
人们常说“一分钱一分货”，意思是东西的质量和价格有很大的关系，也可以说“便宜没好货，好货不便宜”，一般情况下，你花的钱越多，买的东西也就越好。
Rénmen cháng shuō "yì fēn qián yì fēn huò", yìsi shì dōngxi de zhìliàng hé jiàgé yǒu hěn dà de guānxi, yě kěyǐ shuō "piányi méi hǎo huò, hǎo huò bù piányi", yìbān qíngkuàng xià, nǐ huā de qián yuè duō, mǎi de dōngxi yě jiù yuè hǎo.
People often say "you get what you pay for", meaning that the quality of something is closely related to its price. You can also say "cheap isn't good; good isn't cheap". In general, the more money you spend, the better the things you buy.
Text 5
就是我们班那个长着两个大眼睛，非常爱笑的女孩儿。
jiù shì wǒmen bān nà gè zhǎngzhe liǎng gè dà yǎnjing, fēicháng àixiào de nǚháir.
It’s that girl in our class with two big eyes who really loves to smile.
Text 3
别难过了，再买一个吧，公司东门外不就有一个大商场吗？
Bié nánguò le, zài mǎi yí gè ba, gōngsī dōngmén wài bú jiù yǒu yí gè dà shāngchǎng ma?
Don't be upset; just buy another one. Isn't there a big mall right outside the company's east gate?
Text 1
二十五岁，他比我大三岁。
Èrshíwǔ suì, tā bǐ wǒ dà sān suì.
Twenty-five years old, he is three years older than me.
Text 2
感谢大家这三个多月的努力工作，希望明年能有更大的成绩！
Gǎnxiè dàjiā zhè sān gè duō yuè de nǔlì gōngzuò, xīwàng míngnián néng yǒu gèng dà de chéngjì!
Thank you all for your hard work over the past three-plus months, and I hope we can have even greater achievements next year!
Text 4
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Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 1
- Character Frequency Rank
- 16
- Word Frequency Rank
- 76 of 84,292
- Radical Number
- 37