big; large; great

Character data

HSK 1
Frequency 17th character
Radical ⼤ (37.0)
Strokes 3
Index # 32

Definitions

大 dà
  1. 1. big
  2. 2. large
  3. 3. great
  4. 4. major
  5. 5. huge
  6. 6. very much
  7. 7. greatly
  8. 8. older (than)
  9. 9. eldest
  10. 10. oldest
  11. 11. wide
  12. 12. deep
  13. 13. father's elder or younger brother
  14. 14. (dialect) father
大 dài
  1. 1. see dài fu

Stroke order

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Words containing 大

Word Meaning
everyone; great expert; influential family
roughly; probably; about
approximately; probably
senior official (in imperial China)
doctor; physician
embassy
great; important (contribution etc); grand
huge; very large; enormous
important; major; significant
large; large-scale
elephant
large building; high-rise
to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope
expert; scholar; mother earth
generous; magnanimous; natural and relaxed
widespread; (of people) numerous
at worst; if worst comes to worst; serious
to enlarge; to magnify
erhua variant of dà huǒ
huge; enormous; tremendous
roughly; approximately; more or less
cabinet minister; chancellor (of a monarchy)
wantonly; unbridled
general idea; main idea
careless
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