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
wild goose
to turn pale with fright (idiom)
Sun Wukong sūn wù kōng; Great-Sage Sun
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Eurasia
Commonwealth of Australia
major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
unambitious; to have no aspirations (idiom)
Alexandria
great immortal
(coll.) husband's elder brother
in general; generally
macromolecule (chemistry)
Darjeeling, town in India
(bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
husband's older sister; father's oldest sister
coach
capitals and lowercase letters
on the verge of collapse; in deep crisis
large manufacturer
three years from now; year after year after next year
to suffer a major setback due to negligence
Daqing city in Heilongjiang, China
star anise; Chinese anise