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
- 大屠杀(大屠殺) massacre; Holocaust
- 大写锁定(大寫鎖定) caps lock
- 大胆(大膽) courageous; daring
- 砍大山 to chat; to chew the fat
- 汪洋大海 a vast ocean
- 大块朵颐(大塊朵頤) to chew on a large slab; a large mouthful is hard to chew; to tuck into a great meal
- 粗心大意 negligent; careless; inadvertent
- 大白菜 bok choy; Chinese cabbage; Brassica pekinensis
- 大陆妹(大陸妹) girl from the mainland
- 大多数(大多數) majority
- 大醇小疵 great despite minor blemishes; a rough diamond
- 大半 more than half; greater part; most ; probably; most likely
- 大红大绿(大紅大綠) bright-colored; garish
- 大疫 epidemic
- 大量生产(大量生產) to manufacture in bulk; mass production
- 大快朵颐(大快朵頤) to gorge oneself; to eat heartily
- 大头目(大頭目) the boss
- 大样(大樣) arrogant; full-page proofs (of newspaper); detailed drawing
- 大学生(大學生) university student; college student
- 大写(大寫) banker's anti-fraud numerals; accounting numerals ; capital letters
- 大黄鱼(大黃魚) Croceine croaker
- 粗大 thick; bulky; loud
- 妄自尊大 absurd self-importance
- 大鲵(大鯢) giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
- 笑掉大牙 to laugh one's head off; ridiculous; jaw-dropping
- 大于(大於) to be greater than
- 大帝 heavenly emperor; the Great (title)
- 肥头大耳(肥頭大耳) robust and prosperous (a compliment in former times); fat person (modern)
- 大而化之 careless; sloppy
- 脑洞大开(腦洞大開) imaginative; to have one's mind buzzing with ideas
- 雅鲁藏布大峡谷(雅魯藏布大峽谷) Great Canyon of Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (through the southeast Himalayas, from Tibet to Assam and Bangladesh)
- 大合唱 cantata; chorus
- 硕大无朋(碩大無朋) grand and and beautiful
- 挑大梁 to play a leading role; to bear a heavy responsibility
- 大马哈鱼(大馬哈魚) chum salmon
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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: 130
- 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: 110
- 襄公 Lord Xiang The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 109
- 春官宗伯 第三 3. Office of Spring and Minister of Rites Rites of Zhou 周禮 — count: 106
- 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: 106
- 卷20 志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 104
- 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: 94
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
- 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
- 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
- 大川 (大川) 奠高山大川 — Book of Documents 尚書, 夏書 禹貢 Xia Shu - Tribute of Yu — count: 2
- 大子 (大子) 康公時為大子 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 國風‧秦‧渭陽 Lessons from the states - Odes of Qin - Wei Yang — count: 2