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大方

dà fang

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

大方 (dà fāng) means "generous; poised, natural in manner". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 大方 means

1. generous
2. magnanimous
3. stylish
4. in good taste
5. easy-mannered
6. natural and relaxed

Other readings

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

• dà fāngexpert; scholar; mother earth
• Dà fāngsee {大方县|Dà fāng Xiàn}

The characters in 大方

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 方fāngsquare; power or involution (math.); upright

Example sentences

• 你太大方了。
  Nǐ tài dàfāng le.
  You're too generous.
• 她大方地道歉。
  She had the decency to apologize.

Words starting with 大方

• 大方之家dà fāng zhī jiālearned person; expert in a certain field; abbr. to 方家

Words containing 大方

• 落落大方luò luò dà fāng(of one's conduct, speech etc) natural and unrestrained

Where 大方 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Personal Qualities & Character (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read dà fang correctly.
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