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
- 神经大条(神經大條) thick-skinned; insensitive
- 大宛 Dayuan ; horses from Dayuan
- 斑头大翠鸟(斑頭大翠鳥) Blyth's kingfisher (Alcedo hercules)
- 新大陆(新大陸) the New World; the Americas
- 大年 [Lunar] New Year ; old; aged
- 五大洲 five continents; the whole world
- 大全 all-inclusive; complete; comprehensive collection
- 八大工业国组织(八大工業國組織) G8 (group of eight major industrialized nations)
- 大发(大發) excessive; formidible ; for an issue to expand in size ; to become suddenly rich ; Daihatsu
- 大西洋三文鱼(大西洋三文魚) Atlantic salmon
- 大绝灭(大絕滅) mass extinction
- 终身大事(終身大事) major turning point of lifelong import
- 冤大头(冤大頭) an person who is cheated and squanders wealth
- 大会(大會) general assembly; convention
- 大圣(大聖) a great sage
- 大一统(大一統) to unify
- 大件 a large item
- 大力士 a great warrior ; Hercules
- 大金背啄木鸟(大金背啄木鳥) greater flameback (Chrysocolaptes lucidus)
- 大写锁定(大寫鎖定) caps lock
- 到达大厅(到達大廳) arrival hall
- 大题小作(大題小作) to cut a long story short; a brief treatment of a complicated subject
- 大项(大項) main item (of program)
- 大兴问罪之师(大興問罪之師) to launch a punitive campaign; to condemn scathingly
- 滔天大罪 heinous crime
- 大饼(大餅) large flat bread
- 大变(大變) huge changes
- 噪大苇莺(噪大葦鶯) clamorous reed warbler (Acrocephalus stentoreus)
- 多层大厦(多層大廈) multistory building
- 重大过失(重大過失) a grave mistake
- 大衣 overcoat; topcoat; cloak ; wedding robe
- 夸大之词(誇大之詞) hyperbole; exaggeration
- 大饱口福(大飽口福) to eat one's fill; to have a good meal
Also contained in
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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