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大

dà

HSK 1 Character

What 大 means

1. big; large; great
2. older (than another person)
3. eldest (as in {大姐|dà jiě})
4. greatly; freely; fully
5. dialectfather
6. dialectuncle (father's brother)

Other readings

大 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• dàisee {大夫|dài fu}

Example sentences

• 大约。
  Probably.
• 锁大门。
  Suǒ dàmén.
  Lock the gate.
• 大家好。
  Hi, everybody.
• 大声些。
  Louder.
• 它很大。
  It's very big.
• 大家好！
  Hi, everybody!

Words starting with 大

• 大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family; great expert
• 大学dà xuéuniversity; college
• 大概dà gàiroughly; probably; rough
• 大陆dà lùcontinent; mainland
• 大约dà yuēapproximately; probably
• 大夫dà fūsenior official (in imperial China)
• 大使馆dà shǐ guǎnembassy
• 大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity; bulk
• 大型dà xínglarge; large-scale
• 大方dà fanggenerous; magnanimous; stylish
• 大象dà xiàngelephant
• 大学生dà xué shēnguniversity student; college student
• 大厦dà shà(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions…
• 大致dà zhìmore or less; roughly; approximately
• 大臣dà chénchancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
• 大不了dà bu liǎoat worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming
• 大体dà tǐin general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole; overall situation…
• 大肆dà sìwantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled
• 大意dà yìgeneral idea; main idea
• 大部分dà bù fenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. dà bù fèn
• 大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice; loudly
• 大街dà jiēstreet; main street
• 大多数dà duō shù(great) majority
• 大门dà ménentrance; door; gate

Words containing 大

• 扩大kuò dàto expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope
• 巨大jù dàhuge; immense; enormous; gigantic
• 伟大wěi dàhuge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
• 广大guǎng dà(of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread
• 庞大páng dàhuge; enormous; tremendous
• 放大fàng dàto enlarge; to magnify
• 恍然大悟huǎng rán dà wù(idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light
• 不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
• 博大精深bó dà jīng shēn(idiom) wide-ranging and profound
• 加拿大Jiā ná dàCanada
• 北大Běi DàPeking University (abbr. for 北京大学)
• 长大zhǎng dàto grow up
• 重大zhòng dàgreat; important; major
• 意大利Yì dà lìItaly
• 老大lǎo dàold age; very; eldest child in a family
• 强大qiáng dàbig and strong; formidable; powerful
• 澳大利亚Ào dà lì yàAustralia
• 高大gāo dàtall; lofty; towering
• 北京大学Běi jīng Dà xuéPeking University
• 四大sì dàthe four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism)…
• 人大rén dàpeople's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of…
• 加大jiā dàto increase (e.g. one's effort)
• 绝大多数jué dà duō shùthe vast majority
• 清华大学Qīng huá Dà xuéTsinghua University, Beijing; National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan

Characters that look like 大

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 太tàihighest; greatest; too (much)
• 犬quǎn(literary) dog; Kangxi radical 94
• 天tiānday; sky; heaven
• 夫fūhusband; man; manual worker
• 火huǒfire; urgent; ammunition
• 夭yāo(bound form) to die prematurely (also pr. yǎo); (literary) (of vegetation) luxuriant

Sounds the same

Read dà, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 汏to wash (dialect)