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大厦

dà shà

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word Traditional 大廈

大厦 (dà shà) means "large building, mansion". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 大厦 means

1. (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)

The characters in 大厦

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 厦shà(bound form) tall building; mansion; (bound form) rear annex; lean-to; Taiwan pr. xià

Example sentences

• 纽约充满着高楼大厦。
  Niǔyuē chōngmǎn zhe gāolóudàshà.
  New York bristles with towering buildings.
• 在钢铁大厦的旁边有许多的雏菊。
  Zài gāngtiě dàshà de pángbiān yǒu xǔduō de chújú.
  There are daisies next to the steel building.
• 那里有许多雏菊围绕着钢铁大厦。
  Nàli yǒu xǔduō chújú wéirào zhe gāngtiě dàshà.
  There are daisies around the steel building.
• 摩天大厦里的电梯是至关重要的。
  Mótiāndàshà lǐ de diàntī shì zhìguānzhòngyào de.
  The elevators in a skyscraper are vital systems.
• 纽约帝国大厦现在完全依靠风力发电。
  New York's Empire State Building is now running entirely on wind power.
• 那座大厦天台的景色很美的，想去看看吗？
  Nà zuò dàshà Tiāntāi de jǐngsè hěn Měidí, xiǎng qù kànkan ma?
  There's a great view from the rooftop of that building. Want to go see?

Words containing 大厦

• 高楼大厦gāo lóu dà shàtall building
• 世贸大厦Shì mào Dà shàWorld Trade Center
• 国会大厦guó huì dà shàcapitol
• 多层大厦duō céng dà shàmultistory building
• 帝国大厦Dì guó Dà shàEmpire State Building (New York City)
• 摩天大厦mó tiān dà shàskyscraper
• 机场大厦jī chǎng dà shàairport terminal
• 购物大厦gòu wù dà shàshopping mall
• 纽约帝国大厦Niǔ yuē Dì guó Dà shàEmpire State Building
• 金茂大厦Jīn mào Dà shàJin Mao Tower, skyscraper in Shanghai

Where 大厦 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · dǎ (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dà shà correctly.
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