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
Wudalianchi county level city in Heihe hēi hé, Heilongjiang
to truss up
to truss up
the Pentagon
Eurasian continent
Eurasian continent
Eurasian land bridge (rail line linking China and Europe)
Eurasian land bridge (rail line linking China and Europe)
Eurasian hinterland (i.e. Central Asia including Xinjiang)
Eurasian hinterland (i.e. Central Asia including Xinjiang)
Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name)
Alexander Dubcek, Czech leader in 1968
Alexander Dubček, Czechoslovak leader
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
Alexandria
Alexandrine parakeet, a green parrot
(bird species of China) Alexandrine parakeet (Psittacula eupatria)
Atlanta
abbr. for shàng hǎi jiāo tōng dà xué Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西xī ān jiāo tōng dà xué Xia'an Jiaotong University, 国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
abbr. for shàng hǎi jiāo tōng dà xué Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 西xī ān jiāo tōng dà xué Xia'an Jiaotong University, 国立交通大学 National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan) etc
the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
the Great Hall of the People in Beijing