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
- 玉皇大帝 Jade Emperor
- 大气暖化(大氣暖化) atmospheric warming
- 大乌鸦(大烏鴉) a raven
- 大凡 generally; in general
- 大关(大關) strategic pass ; strategic pass ; barrier; mark ; instrument of torture used to break limbs
- 大权(大權) power; authority
- 大班 tai-pan; business executive; foreign business manager ; top class of kindergarten or school grade
- 莫大于无为(莫大於無為) there is nothing greater than nonaction
- 大破大立 to destroy the old and establish the new; radical transformation
- 大革命 a great revolution
- 大概 probably ; roughly; approximately ; basic idea
- 大放异彩(大放異彩) to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment); to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill
- 罪大恶极(罪大惡極) guilty of terrible crimes ; reprehensible
- 机身宽大(機身寬大) wide body; wide-bodied (aircraft)
- 大吉大利 great luck, great profit
- 老大徒伤悲(老大徒傷悲) vain regrets of old age
- 大王之风(大王之風) the great king's wind
- 大失所望 greatly disappointed in all one's hopes
- 粗心大意 negligent; careless; inadvertent
- 大学教育(大學教育) university education
- 碩大 big; huge; massive
- 小作怡情，大作伤身(小作怡情，大作傷身) a little bit of it does one good, but carried to excess it's harmful
- 出大差 to go on a long trip; to be sent to the execution ground
- 大旱雩祭 during a great drought, performing a ritual to pray for rain
- 大角星 Arcturus
- 花心大萝卜(花心大蘿蔔) womanizer; skirt-chaser
- 马大(馬大) Martha
- 大方之家 learned person; expert in a certain field
- 吃饭皇帝大(吃飯皇帝大) eating comes first, then comes everything else
- 石投大海 to disappear like a stone dropped into the sea; to vanish forever without trace
- 恩比天大 to be as kind and benevolent as heaven
- 大锅饭(大鍋飯) a big pot of rice ; egalitarianism
- 师范大学(師範大學) normal university; teacher-training college
- 雷声大，雨点小(雷聲大，雨點小) loud thunder, but only tiny drops of rain; a lot of talk, but no action; action speaks louder than words
- 财务大臣(財務大臣) finance minister
- 绝大多数(絕大多數) absolute majority; overwhelming majority
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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
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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
- 大淫 (大淫) 大淫泆 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — 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
- 大降 (大降) 旻天大降喪于殷 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 多士 Zhou Shu - Numerous Officers — count: 2
- 大川 (大川) 奠高山大川 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 2