大

Big in Chinese: 大 (dà)

dà

big

HSK 12 example sentences

Definitions

  1. 1big; large; great
  2. 2older (than another person)
  3. 3eldest (as in 姐)
  4. 4greatly; freely; fully
  5. 5(dialect) father
  6. 6(dialect) uncle (father's brother)

Stroke order

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大

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄚˋ

dà

ㄉ/ dㄚ/ aˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

See 大 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 我家很大。

    wǒ jiā hěn dà。

    My house is big.

  • 他多大了？

    tā duō dà le？

    How old is he?

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Related words

大家

dà jiā

everyone

大夫

dài fu

doctor

大概

dà gài

roughly

大约

dà yuē

approximately

扩大

kuò dà

to expand

大方

dà fāng

expert

大象

dà xiàng

elephant

大型

dà xíng

large

广大

guǎng dà

(of an area) vast or extensive

巨大

jù dà

huge

伟大

wěi dà

huge

不大

bù dà

not very

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