(dà) - big, large, great in Mandarin

dà

Traditional: 大

HSK 1

#181 of 2,700Core 1000

Translation

big, large, great

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Word origin

大 is a pictograph showing a person standing with arms and legs outstretched, conveying 'big, large'. It is one of the oldest and simplest Chinese characters.

Origin: pictograph
Root: depicts a person with arms and legs spread wide

Stroke order

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Examples

。

This is very big.

。

He is a grown-up now.

！

Hello everyone!

。

His home is very big.

。

This piece of clothing is too big.

大 (dà) means big, large, great. It is used as a adjective in everyday Mandarin speech.

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Appears in 16 words

Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 大.

大家dà jiāeveryone, everybody 大概dà gàiprobably, roughly, approximately 大人dà rénadult, grown-up 伟大wěi dàgreat, grand, magnificent 很大hěn dàvery large, very big, very great 最大zuì dàbiggest, largest, greatest 大学dà xuéuniversity 老大lǎo dàboss, leader, eldest child 大哥dà gēeldest brother; big brother (form of address)长大zhǎng dàto grow up 巨大jù dàhuge, enormous, gigantic 大卫dà wèiDavid 大约dà yuēapproximately, about, roughly 意大利yì dà lìItaly 强大qiáng dàpowerful, strong, mighty 大部分dà bù fenmost, the majority, the greater part

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This word is taught in chapter 4, lesson 10: 大, 打, 点 and 7 more words.