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大阪

Dà bǎn

2-character word

What 大阪 means

1. Osaka, city in Japan

The characters in 大阪

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 阪bǎnslope; hillside

Example sentences

• 我住在大阪。
  I live in Osaka.
• 机场在大阪湾。
  The airport is in Osaka Bay.
• 他出生在大阪。
  He was born in Osaka.
• 京都不如大阪大。
  Kyoto is not as large as Osaka.
• 我的祖父来自大阪。
  My grandfather comes from Osaka.
• 我要去大阪火车站。
  I am going to Osaka station.

Sounds the same

Read Dà bǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 大坂Japanese surname Osaka; old variant of 大阪