大 tài dà dài

1. dà adjective big / great / huge / large / major
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale 规模
   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; Kroll 2015 '大' 1; NCCED '大' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 1766).
2. dà noun Kangxi radical 37
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. dài proper noun Dai
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   
4. dà noun an element
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '大' 3)
5. dà noun size
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale 规模
   Notes: For example, what is the size of the dog? 狗多大？(CED '大'; NCCED '大' 2)
6. dà adjective old
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
   Notes: In the sense of 年长 (ABC 'dà' sv 3; CED '大' 6; GHC '大' 4; NCCED '大' 2). For example, as a very old age 年龄很大.
7. dà adverb greatly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale 规模
   Notes: For example, greatly terrified 大怖 (ABC 'dà' v 1; CED '大' 7; GHC '大' 6; NCCED '大' 4)
8. dà adjective oldest
   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; NCCED '大' 5)
9. dà noun adult
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Society 社会
   Notes: As in 大人 (NCCED '大' 6)
10. tài adverb greatest / grand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Kroll 2015 '大')
11. dài noun an important person
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 大夫 'doctor' (ABC 'dài'; CED '大'; NCCED '大')
12. dà foreign da
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language 外语
    Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names
13. tài adverb greatest / grand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Kroll 2015 '大')

Contained in

• 大钞(大鈔) a large banknote ; a kind of percussion instrument
• 林园大道(林園大道) a tree lined boulevard
• 大洋洲 Oceania
• 大约(大約) approximately
• 巨大 huge
• 伟大(偉大) great
• 大大 greatly / enormously ; dad / uncle
• 大自然 nature
• 扩大(擴大) to expand
• 极大(極大) enormous
• 加大 to increase
• 大学(大學) university / college ; Great Learning ; study for a gentleman-scholar
• 强大(強大) formidable / powerful / strong
• 大型 large scale / wide scale
• 大幅 a big margin / substantially
• 大胆(大膽) courageous / daring
• 大关( 大關) strategic pass ; strategic pass ; barrier / mark ; instrument of torture used to break limbs
• 大家 everyone ; an influential family ; a great master ; madam ; husband's mother / mother-in-law
• 意大利 Italy
• 十六大 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China ; 16 of something large
• 重大 great / important / major / significant
• 大脑(大腦) brain / cerebrum
• 大力 energetic / vigorous ; great strength ; vigorously
• 大部分 the majority
• 大陆(大陸) continent / mainland ; Mainland China
• 大小 dimension / magnitude / size / measurement ; large and small ; adults and children
• 大小写(大小寫) case
• 大溪地 Tahiti
• 大篆 Great Seal Script
• 大量 a great amount / a large quantity / numerous
• 大会(大會) general assembly / convention
• 宏大 huge / great / grand / massive
• 大气层(大氣層) atmosphere
• 大气(大氣) atmosphere ; to carry oneself with confidence ; great strength of will ; heavy breathing
• 大师(大師) venerable master / great master / master
• 四大 the four great seeds / the four great elements / mahābhūta ; Way, Heaven, Earth, and Ruler ; the four great freedoms
• 大炮(大砲) artillery / cannon
• 大选(大選) general election ; selection of court officials
• 大于(大於) to be greater than
• 大多数(大多數) majority
• 大学生(大學生) university student / college student
• 大事 a major event

Also contained in

清华大学 、 人大 、 人民大会堂 、 全国人大 、 十七大 、 中国人民大学 、 佛说八大人觉经 、 大乘 、 八大人觉

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• 卷二百十二 列傳第一百 俞大猷 戚繼光 劉顯 李錫 張元勳 Volume 212 Biographies 100: Yu Dayou, Qi Jiguang, Liu Xian, Li Xi, Zhang Yuanxun History of Ming 《明史》 — count: 150
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 — count: 131
• 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
• 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 《春秋左氏傳》 — count: 113
• 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: 110
• 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: 109
• 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites Rites of Zhou 《周禮》 — count: 105
• 卷20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 《隋書》 — count: 104
• 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: 101

Collocations

• 大命 (大命) 大命以傾 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 大雅‧蕩之什‧蕩 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Dang — count: 8
• 大江 (大江) 大江自有分流水 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 國風‧召南‧江有汜 Lessons from the states - Odes Of Shao And The South - Jiang You Si — count: 6
• 小大 (小大) 政有小大 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 序 Preface — 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
• 至于大 (至於大) 至于大原 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧六月 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Liu Yue — 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
• 大康 (大康) 無已大康 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 國風‧唐‧蟋蟀 Lessons from the states - Odes of Tang - Xi Shuai — count: 3
• 民大 (民大) 俾民大棘 — The Book of Songs 《詩經》, 大雅‧蕩之什‧抑 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Dang - Yi — 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