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
- 大幅 a big margin; substantially
- 大族 large and influential family; clan
- 大沙锥(大沙錐) Swinhoe's snipe (Gallinago megala)
- 大海捞针(大海撈針) to fish a needle from the sea; to find a needle in a haystack
- 大口 big mouthful; open mouth; gulping; gobbling; gaping
- 大获全胜(大獲全勝) to seize total victory; an overwhelming victory; to win by a landslide (in election)
- 大根兰(大根蘭) Cymbidium macrorrhizum Lindl.
- 大爷(大爺) arrogant idler; self-centered show-off ; father's older brother; uncle
- 恩比天大 to be as kind and benevolent as heaven
- 大东出版社(大東出版社) Daitō Shuppansha; Daitō Publishing Co.
- 大事 a major event
- 加拿大元 Canadian dollar
- 加大努力 to try harder; to redouble one's efforts
- 大融炉(大融爐) melting pot
- 粗大 thick; bulky; loud
- 大用 a great use ; to put in an important position
- 大宅 a large mansion
- 大班 tai-pan; business executive; foreign business manager ; top class of kindergarten or school grade
- 大自然 nature
- 大斋期(大齋期) Lent (Christian period of forty days before Easter)
- 大有作为(大有作為) to accomplish much; to have good prospects; to have a promising future
- 寒武纪生命大爆发(寒武紀生命大爆發) the Cambrian explosion
- 大巴 a big coach; tourist bus
- 四大元素 the four great elements
- 大括号(大括號) braces; curly brackets
- 万事大吉(萬事大吉) everything is fine; all is well with the world
- 小洞不堵,大洞吃苦 a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger; a stitch in time saves nine
- 违大命(違大命) to violate the Mandate of Heaven
- 放长线钓大鱼(放長線釣大魚) use a long line to catch a big fish; a long-term plan for major returns
- 百万雄兵过大江(百萬雄兵過大江) Our troops have crossed the great river, a million strong
- 大宗 an influential family of long standing ; wife of a patriarch ; a large amount
- 大锤(大錘) sledgehammer
- 大型 large scale; wide scale
- 大鹏(大鵬) roc
Also contained in
大田 、 仰光大金塔 、 大观 、 内蒙古大学 、 大屿山 、 大和 、 中国共产党第十六次全国代表大会 、 大关县 、 阿肯色大学 、 大历 、 华南理工大学 、 大湄公河次区域 、 全国人大常委会 、 大英县 、 华侨大学 、 河北科技大学 、 大雁塔
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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: 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
- 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
- 大淫 (大淫) 大淫泆 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — count: 3
- 大谏 (大諫) 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: 2
- 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
- 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