大 dà
-
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
- 大只(大隻) big
- 大吉大利 great luck, great profit
- 吃大户(吃大戶) to plunder the homes of the wealthy for food (in times of famine); (of somebody who has no income) to rely on others
- 大众捷运(大眾捷運) mass rapid transit (MRT)
- 大修道院长(大修道院長) abbot
- 地大物博 vast territory with abundant resources
- 大体上(大體上) overall; in general terms
- 义大利香醋(義大利香醋) balsamic vinegar
- 大口 big mouthful; open mouth; gulping; gobbling; gaping
- 大使 an ambassador ; an envoy
- 放大片 cosmetic contact lens; big eye contact lens; circle contact lens
- 大热(大熱) great heat; very popular
- 条条大路通罗马(條條大路通羅馬) all roads lead to Rome; use different means to obtain the same result
- 弥天大谎(彌天大謊) a pack of lies
- 大富大贵(大富大貴) very rich; millionaire
- 自大 proud; arrogant; conceited
- 大菱鲆(大菱鮃) turbot
- 伟大(偉大) great
- 笑掉大牙 to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping
- 大街小巷 great streets and small alleys; everywhere in the city
- 大修道院 abbey; large monastery or convent
- 大款 very wealthy person
- 吃饭皇帝大(吃飯皇帝大) eating comes first, then comes everything else
- 港珠澳大桥(港珠澳大橋) Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau road bridge
- 售票大厅(售票大廳) ticket office
- 大不韪(大不韙) great error; heinous crime
- 大股东(大股東) large stockholder; majority shareholder
- 大勇若怯，大智若愚 a great hero may appear timid, the wise may appear stupid
- 大明 the sun ; the moon ; Da Ming ; Da Ming reign ; Ming dynasty
Also contained in
总统大选 、 清华大学美术学院 、 大武口区 、 郡山大学 、 大汉和辞典 、 布鲁克林大桥 、 林克平大学 、 国立西南联合大学 、 汉堡大学 、 大闹天宫 、 宾夕法尼亚大学 、 科罗拉多大峡谷 、 太中大夫 、 政治大学 、 大柴旦 、 卡内基梅隆大学 、 复旦大学 、 新加坡国立大学 、 西北农林科技大学 、 大清河 、 查理大帝 、 大日本帝国
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 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: 149
- 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
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 111
- 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
- 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
- 卷20 志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 105
Collocations
- 小大 (小大) 政有小大 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 序 Preface — count: 7
- 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
- 大淫 (大淫) 大淫泆 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — 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
- 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
- 大戾 (大戾) 降此大戾 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧節南山 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Jie Nan Shan — count: 2
- 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
- 大木 (大木) 大木斯拔 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 2