大 dà

1. dà adjective big / great / huge / large / major
   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; Kroll 2015 '大' 1; 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)
3. dài proper noun Dai
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   
4. dà noun an element
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '大' 3)
5. 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)
6. 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; NCCED '大' 2). For example, as a very old age 年龄很大.
7. dà adverb greatly
   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; NCCED '大' 4)
8. dà adjective oldest
   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; NCCED '大' 5)
9. dà noun adult
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Society
   Notes: As in 大人 (NCCED '大' 6)
10. tài adverb greatest / grand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Kroll 2015 '大')
11. dài noun an important person
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 大夫 'doctor' (ABC 'dài'; CED '大'; NCCED '大')
12. dà foreign da
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
    Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names
13. tài adverb greatest / grand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Kroll 2015 '大')

Contained in

• 大拿 man in power / boss / authority / expert
• 大兵 the army ; great military strength ; war ; soldiers
• 大汗 profuse perspiration
• 大调(大調) major key
• 高层大气(高層大氣) upper atmosphere
• 大有人在 there are plenty of such people
• 博大 enormous / broad / extensive
• 一个头两个大(一個頭兩個大) to feel as though one's head could explode
• 大陆漂移(大陸漂移) continental drift
• 大出其汗 to sweat buckets
• 拟大朱雀(擬大朱雀) streaked rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)
• 大副 substantially / by a big amount
• 疏忽大意 oversight / negligence / careless / negligent / not concentrating on the main point
• 大手大脚(大手大腳) extravagant / to throw away money by the handful / wasteful
• 大融炉(大融爐) melting pot
• 大安的列斯 Greater Antilles, Caribbean archipelago
• 拉大旗作虎皮 to wave a banner as if it were a tiger skin / to borrow somebody's prestige
• 大鹏(大鵬) roc
• 大鲽鱼(大鰈魚) turbot fish
• 大虎头蜂(大虎頭蜂) Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
• 人始生有大命 from the start of their lives, people have a greater destiny
• 大教堂 cathedral
• 庞大(龐大) huge
• 大专(大專) college / vocational college
• 大虾(大蝦) prawn ; expert / whiz
• 大显身手(大顯身手) fully displaying one's capabilities
• 大排档(大排檔) food stall / open-air restaurant
• 大大小小 large and small / of all sizes
• 胸无大志(胸無大志) to have no aspirations / unambitious
• 催泪大片(催淚大片) tear-jerker (movie)

Also contained in

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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: 150
• 昭公 Lord Zhao The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳 — count: 129
• 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: 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: 105
• 卷20　志第15 天文中 Volume 20 Treatises 15: Astronomy 2 Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 102
• 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: 99
• 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: 96

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
• 大木 (大木) 大木斯拔 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 2
• 大熟 (大熟) 大熟 — Book of Documents 尚書, 周書 金縢 Zhou Shu - Metal-bound Coffer — count: 2
• 大成 (大成) 展也大成 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧南有嘉魚之什‧車攻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Nan You Jia Yu Zhi Shen - Che Gong — count: 2