Chinese Word: 大 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

大HSK 1

Total strokes: 3; Radical: 大

Ideographic: A man 人 with outstretched arms

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Antonyms: 小

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Pinyin: dà

English Definition: big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; older (than); oldest; eldest; greatly; very much; (dialect) father; father's elder or younger brother
Example Words:
大家 [ dà jiā ]: everyone; influential family; great expert
大概 [ dà gài ]: roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
大约 [ dà yuē ]: approximately; probably
大夫 [ dà fū ]: senior official (in imperial China)
大使馆 [ dà shǐ guǎn ]: embassy; Classifiers: 座
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Pinyin: dài

English Definition: see 大夫
Example Words:
大夫 [ dài fu ]: doctor; physician
大王 [ dài wang ]: robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate
光禄大夫 [ guāng lù dài fu ]: honorific title during Tang to Qing times, approx. "Glorious grand master"
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