大
dà
big, great, vast, large, high
- Strokes
- 3
- Level
- HSK 1 · TOCFL Novice 1
- Frequency
- No. 52
How to write 大, stroke by stroke
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What 大 means
big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother); see 大夫
Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms
Words with 大
- 大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family; great expert
- 大概dà gàiroughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- 大人dà renadult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
- 伟大wěi dàhuge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- 大学dà xuéuniversity; college
- 老大lǎo dàold age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang
- 大哥dà gēeldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss
- 长大zhǎng dàto grow up
- 巨大jù dàhuge; immense; enormous; gigantic
- 大约dà yuēapproximately; probably
- 强大qiáng dàbig and strong; formidable; powerful
- 大部分dà bù fenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
大 in a sentence
nǐ xiàn zài shì dà rén le 。
You are now an adult.
dà jiā dōu xiǎng jiàn dào nǐ ， nǐ tài yǒu míng le ！
Everyone wants to meet you. You're famous!
nǐ zài dà xué pèng dào tā le ？
You met him at the university?
fēng hěn dà , suǒ yǐ wǒ zǒu bú kuài 。
A strong wind is blowing and I can't walk fast.
shén me shì nín zuì dà de líng gǎn lái yuán ？
What is your greatest source of inspiration?