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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 (9)
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
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
有时候，简单就是最大的幸福。
Yǒu shíhou, jiǎndān jiù shì zuì dà de xìngfú.
Sometimes, simplicity is the greatest happiness.
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