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大Polyphone (多音字)HSK 1
Antonyms: 小
Total strokes: 3; Radical: 大
Ideographic:A man 人 with outstretched arms
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1
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
Chinese Definition:
①指面积、体积、容量、数量、强度、力量超过一般或超过所比较的对象，与“小”相对：大厅。大政。大气候。夜郎自大。大腹便便。
②指大小的对比：这间房有那间两个大。
③规模广，程度深，性质重要：大局。大众。
④用于“不”后，表示程度浅或次数少：不大高兴。
⑤年长，排行第一：老大。
⑥敬辞：大作。大名。大手笔。
⑦时间更远：大前年。
⑧(大夫)古代官职，位于“。
⑨超过事物一半，不很详细，不很准确：大概。大凡。卿”之下，“士”之上。
Example Words:
大家HSK 2 dà jiā everyone; influential family; great expert
大学 dà xué the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism
大学 dà xué university; college; Classifiers: 所
伟大HSK 5 wěi dà huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
重大HSK 5 zhòng dà great; important; major; significant
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2
Pinyin: dài
English Definition:see 大夫
Chinese Definition:
①(大夫)医生(“(大王)戏曲、旧小说中对强盗首领的称呼(“夫”读轻声)。“王”读轻声)。
Example Words:
大夫HSK 4 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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Example Sentences
1
tài yang
太阳
hěn dà
很大
。
The sun is very big.
2
wǒ de jiā
我的家
hěn dà
很大
。
My house is big.
3
zhè ge
这个
fáng jiān
房间
hěn dà
很大
。
This room is very spacious.
4
jiào xué lóu
教学楼
fēi cháng
非常
dà
大
。
The teaching building is very large.
5
wǒ men
我们
shì
是
dà xué shēng
大学生
。
We are college students.
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