大 dà

1. 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).
2. 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)
3. dà adjective great; major; important
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '大' adj 4)
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)
5. 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.
6. 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)
7. 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)
8. dà noun adult
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 大人 (Guoyu '大' n 2; NCCED '大' 6)
9. 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)
10. 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')
11. dà adjective senior
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '大' adj 3)
12. dà adverb approximately
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: As in 大概 (Guoyu '大' adv 4)
13. tài adverb greatest; grand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Kroll 2015 '大', p. 73)

Contained in

• 大暑 Dashu ; expremely hot weather
• 四大名绣(四大名繡) four regional styles of embroidery
• 大败走(大敗走) ran away in defeat
• 中国大蝾螈(中國大蠑螈) Chinese giant salamander (Andrias davidianus davidianus)
• 大醇小疵 great despite minor blemishes; a rough diamond
• 大李杜 Li Bai and Du Fu
• 大陆性气候(大陸性氣候) continental climate
• 高层大气(高層大氣) upper atmosphere
• 大帝 heavenly emperor; the Great (title)
• 办公大楼(辦公大樓) office building
• 元恶大憝(元惡大憝) arch-criminal and archenemy
• 大大 greatly; enormously ; dad; uncle
• 大鲵(大鯢) giant salamander (Andrias japonicus)
• 大兰多毒蛛(大蘭多毒蛛) tarantula
• 远大理想(遠大理想) lofty ideal
• 大萧条(大蕭條) The Great Depression
• 大比目鱼(大比目魚) halibut
• 大尉 captain (army rank); senior captain
• 脾气大(脾氣大) very angry
• 大小由之 we follow them [the ancients] in things great and small
• 放大倍数(放大倍數) magnifying power; magnification
• 师大(師大) normal university; teacher-training college
• 大学教授(大學教授) profesor; university professor
• 大模大样(大模大樣) boldly; ostentatiously; poised; self-assured; Taiwan pr.
• 洋洋大篇 an ocean of writing; an impressive literary work
• 大使级(大使級) ambassadorial
• 大口径(大口徑) large caliber
• 嚎啕大哭 to cry; to wail
• 大会报告起草人(大會報告起草人) rapporteur
• 寒武纪生命大爆发(寒武紀生命大爆發) the Cambrian explosion
• 大错特错(大錯特錯) to be gravely mistaken
• 大病 serious illness
• 大盗(大盜) to forcefully rob somebody
• 晓以大义(曉以大義) to reason with; to lecture
• 大跌 large fall
• 大学学科能力测验(大學學科能力測驗) General Scholastic Ability Test (college entrance exam in Taiwan)
• 大而化之 careless; sloppy

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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
• 卷六十四 志第十七 五行二下 Volume 64 Treatises 17: Five Elements 2b History of Song 宋史 — count: 120
• 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: 110
• 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
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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
• 予大 (予大) 茲予大享于先王 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 盤庚上 Shang Shu - Pan Geng I — 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
• 在大 (在大) 惟厥罪無在大 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 康誥 Zhou Shu - Announcement to the Prince of Kang — count: 2
• 大赉 (大賚) 予其大賚汝 — Book of Documents 尚書, 商書 湯誓 Shang Shu - Speech of Tang — count: 2