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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)
大凡
dàfán
generally
大名
dàmíng
great name
大便
dàbiàn
to defecate
大冶
Dàyě
Daye county level city in Huangshi [[黃石|黄石<Huángshí>]], Hubei
大卡
dàkǎ
kilocalorie
大名
Dàmíng
Daming county in Handan [[邯鄲|邯郸<Hándān>]], Hebei
大伯
dàbó
husband's older brother
大使
dàshǐ
ambassador
大修
dàxiū
overhaul
大典
dàdiǎn
ceremony
大刀
dàdāo
broadsword
大半
dàbàn
more than half
大吉
dàjí
very auspicious
大同
Dàtóng
Datong or Great community in neo-Confucian philosophy, sim. New Jerusalem
大仙
dàxiān
great immortal
大伙
dàhuǒ
everybody
北大
BěiDà
Beijing University (abbr. for [[北京大學|北京大学]])
大佬
dàlǎo
big shot (leading some field or group)
增大
zēngdà
to enlarge
大侠
dàxiá
knight
Example Sentences (8)
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