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大小

dà xiǎo

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

大小 (dà xiǎo) means "size". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 大小 means

1. large and small
2. size
3. adults and children
4. consideration of seniority
5. at any rate

The characters in 大小

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few

Example sentences

• 别对我大小声。
  Don't you raise your voice at me.
• 日本比加拿大小。
  Japan is smaller than Canada.

Words starting with 大小

• 大小姐dà xiǎo jieeldest daughter of an affluent family; (polite) your daughter…
• 大小便dà xiǎo biànusing the toilet; urination and defecation
• 大小写dà xiǎo xiěcapitals and lowercase letters
• 大小声dà xiǎo shēng(Taiwan; colloquial) to speak loudly and emotionally; to raise one's voice…
• 大小眼dà xiǎo yǎnone eye bigger than the other

Words containing 大小

• 文件大小wén jiàn dà xiǎofile size
• 区分大小写qū fēn dà xiǎo xiěcase sensitive; distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
• 不区分大小写bù qū fēn dà xiǎo xiěcase insensitive; not distinguishing capitals from lowercase letters
• 半大小子bàn dà xiǎo zǐteenage boy; adolescent boy

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