大 (dà)
big/large
How 大 is written
- Strokes
- 3
- Traditional
- 大
- Simplified
- 大 (unchanged)
大 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- dà
- big; huge; large; major
- dài
- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
Common words using 大
- 大吉 dàjí
- very auspicious; extremely lucky
- 大家 dàjiā
- everyone; influential family; great expert
- 大獎 dàjiǎng
- the big prize (e.g. lottery)
- 大話骰 dàhuàtóu
- liar's dice (dice game)
- 一大早 yīdàzǎo
- at dawn; at first light; first thing in the morning
- 人大 réndà
- (Chinese) National People's Congress; abbr. for 全國人民代表大會|全国人民代表大会[Quan2 guo2 Ren2 min2 Dai4 biao3 Da4 hui4]
- 偉大 wěidà
- great; mighty; large
- 加大 jiādà
- to increase (e.g. one's effort)
- 加拿大 jiānádà
- Canada; Canadian
- 北大 běidà
- Beijing University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
- 博大 bódà
- enormous; broad; extensive
- 哈哈大笑 hāhādàxiào
- to laugh heartily; to burst into loud laughter
大 in a sentence
這件衣服太大了，我不合身。
Zhè jiàn yīfú tài dà le, wǒ bù héshēn.
“This piece of clothing is too big; it doesn't fit me.”
How common is 大?
大 is the 17th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 18.2% of all running text.
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