big, great, vast, large, high

DEFINITIONS

大 dà
  • big
  • huge
  • large
  • major
  • great
  • wide
  • deep
  • older (than)
  • oldest
  • eldest
  • greatly
  • very much
  • (dialect) father
  • father's elder or younger brother
大 dài
  • see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

STROKES

WORDS

族 dà zú large and influential family; clan
旗 dà qí banner
样 dà yàng arrogant; full-page proofs (of newspaper); detailed drawing
武 dà wǔ Dawu or Tawu township in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县[Tai2 dong1 Xian4], southeast Taiwan
江健三郎 dà jiāng jiàn sān láng Oe Kenzaburo (1935-) Japanese novelist and 1994 Nobel laureate
理 dà lǐ Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 in Yunnan; judicial officer; justice of the peace (old)
略 dà lüè a broad outline; the general idea; roughly
白菜 dà bái cài bok choy; Chinese cabbage; Brassica pekinensis; CL:棵[ke1]
老婆 dà lǎo pó primary wife
兴土木 dà xīng tǔ mù to carry out large scale construction
茴香 dà huí xiāng Chinese anise; star anise
盖帽 dà gài mào peaked cap; service cap; visor cap
观 dà guān Daguan district of Anqing city 安慶市|安庆市[An1 qing4 shi4], Anhui
解 dà jiě to defecate; to empty one's bowels
路货 dà lù huò staple goods
关 dà guān strategic pass; barrier or mark (i.e. a level considered impressive, usually a round figure such as 10,000); instrument of torture used to break limbs
鹏 dà péng legendary giant bird
喜功 hào dà xǐ gōng to rejoice in grandiose deeds; to strive to achieve extraordinary things
陆 cì dà lù subcontinent (e.g. the Indian subcontinent)
玉皇帝 yù huáng dà dì Jade Emperor
石沉海 shí chén dà hǎi lit. to throw a stone and see it sink without trace in the sea (idiom); fig. to elicit no response
娘 lǎo dà niáng old lady; Madam (polite address); CL:位[wei4]
船老 chuán lǎo dà coxswain; steersman; boatswain (bo'sun)
mǎ dà Martha (biblical name)
哈 mǎ dà hā a careless person; scatterbrain; frivolous and forgetful; abbr. for 馬馬虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈|马马虎虎、大大咧咧、嘻嘻哈哈