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
junior college; three-year college
there are plenty of such people
very promising; worth doing; great potential
big person; the great Han dynasty
Datian county in Sanming sān míng, Fujian
to feast one's eyes
older (than average in a group, at school, for marriage etc)
ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance
Italian person
part-time college (abbr. for yè yú dà xué)
perspiring freely; brow beaded with sweat
your name has been known to me for a long time (polite)
a manly man; a man of character
great wide world; marvelously diverse world
very auspicious; extremely lucky
great cause; great undertaking
main hall of a Buddhist temple
to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
(do sth) on a large scale
to talk big; to boast shamelessly
in big strides; (fig.) in giant steps
serious mistake; major demerit
downpour (idiom)
careless; negligence; negligent