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
overwhelming majority
Montana, US state
exultation
most of; the majority of sth
gale
to everyone's delight and satisfaction
group; a large body of; military group
overhaul
to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss
crimson
supreme court justice; high court justice; grand justice
enormous; gargantuan; as big as the sky
to laugh heartily; a belly laugh
heavy snow; the Major Snow solar term
very busy person; busy bee
Great Britain
very wealthy person
to find a needle in a haystack (idiom)
to expand; to strengthen
very; greatly
big shot; celebrity; star
for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan
for the most part; on the whole; also pr. dà dū
substantially; a big margin
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs shī jīng