大 dà
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dà
adjective
big; huge; large
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
Notes: Middle Chinese: daH; the opposite of 小 'small'. For example, 大规模 'large scale.' Note that adjectives of size, like 大, must precede adjectives relating to shape. For example, 大黑马 'large black horse' (ABC 'dà' sv 1; CED '大' 1; GHC '大' 1; Guoyu '大' adj 1; Kroll 2015 '大' 1, p. 73; NCCED '大' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 1766). -
dà
noun
Kangxi radical 37
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7; Guoyu '大' n 4) -
dà
adjective
great; major; important
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '大' adj 4) -
dà
noun
size
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
Notes: For example, what is the size of the dog? 狗多大?(CED '大'; NCCED '大' 2) -
dà
adjective
old
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
Notes: In the sense of 年长 (ABC 'dà' sv 3; CED '大' 6; GHC '大' 4; Guoyu '大' adj 2; NCCED '大' 2). For example, as a very old age 年龄很大. -
dà
adverb
greatly; very
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
Notes: For example, greatly terrified 大怖 (ABC 'dà' v 1; CED '大' 7; GHC '大' 6; Guoyu '大' adv 1; NCCED '大' 4) -
dà
adjective
oldest; earliest
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this use, 大 is a 指大 'augmentative' prefix (Crystal 2008, 'augmentative'; Sun 2006, loc. 695). For example, big sister 大姐 (CED '大' 10; GHC '大' 5; Guoyu '大' adj 5; NCCED '大' 5) -
dà
noun
adult
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 大人 (Guoyu '大' n 2; NCCED '大' 6) -
tài
adverb
greatest; grand
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Guoyu '大' tài; Kroll 2015 '大', p. 73) -
dài
noun
an important person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 大夫 'doctor' (ABC 'dài'; CED '大'; Guoyu '大' dài; NCCED '大') -
dà
adjective
senior
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (Guoyu '大' adj 3) -
dà
adverb
approximately
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 大概 (Guoyu '大' adv 4) -
tài
adverb
greatest; grand
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Kroll 2015 '大', p. 73)
Contained in
- 大伯子 husband's elder brother
- 大只(大隻) big
- 年度大会(年度大會) annual meeting; annual general meeting (AGM)
- 大局 general situation; present conditions
- 大军压境(大軍壓境) a huge military force nearby
- 大家 everyone ; an influential family ; a great master ; madam ; husband's mother; mother-in-law
- 大天鹅(大天鵝) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus)
- 大明虾(大明蝦) king prawn
- 大裂谷 great rift valley
- 最大似然估计(最大似然估計) maximum-likelihood estimation
- 大冰期 ice age
- 大管 bassoon
- 大愚 idiot; ignorant fool
- 大浦洞 Taepodong
- 共商大计(共商大計) to discuss matters of vital importance
- 大典 ceremony; collection of classical writings
- 大呼小叫 to shout and quarrel; to make a big fuss
- 鸿图大展(鴻圖大展) congratulations on a great undertaking
- 大楼(大樓) a building
- 大名 famous name; good reputation ; your distinguished name ; Daming ; Daimyo
- 大邦 a large nation ; a large city
- 大石鸻(大石鴴) great stone-curlew (Esacus recurvirostris)
- 大圣(大聖) a great sage
- 大鲵(大鯢) giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
- 小时了了,大未必佳(小時了了,大未必佳) being bright at an early age does not necessarily bring success upon growing up
- 关公面前耍大刀(關公面前耍大刀) to wield the broadsword in the presence of Lord Guan
- 大溪地 Tahiti
- 伐大国(伐大國) to defeat a major state
- 机密大事(機密大事) a confidential matter
- 三官大帝 the three gods in charge of heaven, earth and water (Daoism)
- 到达大厅(到達大廳) arrival hall
- 大灰啄木鸟(大灰啄木鳥) great slaty woodpecker (Mulleripicus pulverulentus)
- 大虎头蜂(大虎頭蜂) Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
- 生杀大权(生殺大權) life-and-death power; ultimate power
- 大红大绿(大紅大綠) bright-colored; garish
- 多层大厦(多層大廈) multistory building
Also contained in
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- 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 132
- 卷六十 志第十三 天文十三 Volume 60 Treatises 13: Astronomy 13 History of Song 宋史 — count: 120
- 卷六十四 志第十七 五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 120
- 卷一百五十一 志第一百〇四 輿服三 Volume 151 Treatises 104: Carriages and Clothes 3 History of Song 宋史 — count: 111
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 111
- 卷一百二十九 志第八十二 樂四 Volume 129 Treatises 82: Music 4 History of Song 宋史 — count: 108
- 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 107
- 卷20 志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 105
- 卷十 周本紀下第十: 高祖武帝 宣帝 靜帝 Volume 10 Northern Zhou Annals 1: Emperor Gaozu Wu, Emperor Xuan, Emperor Jing History of the Northern Dynasties 北史 — count: 105
Collocations
- 小大 (小大) 政有小大 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 7
- 大降 (大降) 旻天大降喪于殷 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — count: 5
- 大任 (大任) 大任有身 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧大明 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Da Ming — count: 4
- 大坏 (大壞) 召穆公傷周室大壞也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧蕩 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Dang — count: 3
- 大乱 (大亂) 小不忍以致大亂焉 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧鄭‧將仲子 Lessons from the states - Odes of Zheng - Jiang Zhong Zi — count: 3
- 用大 (用大) 是用大諫 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧民勞 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Min Lu — count: 3
- 大平 (大平) 大平也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧生民之什‧既醉 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Sheng Min - Ji Jiu — count: 3
- 大商 (大商) 燮伐大商 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧大明 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Da Ming — count: 2
- 大熟 (大熟) 大熟 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 2
- 幽王大 (幽王大) 凡伯刺幽王大壞也 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧蕩之什‧瞻卬 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Zhan Yang — count: 2