大

dà

HSK 14 readings

“Big” in Chinese is 大 (dà).

Other characters with the syllable da: see all 5 →

Meaning

big; large; great
older (than another person)
eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3])

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greatly; freely; fully
(dialect) father
(dialect) uncle (father's brother)
see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

Example

我去上大学。

I go to university.

From 大学 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

dàbig; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dàisee 大夫
tàivariant of 太 (too; excessive) (archaic)

Stroke Order

3 strokes

Words containing 大

不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not tooHSK 1 大学dàxuéthe Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in ConfucianismHSK 1 大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college studentHSK 1 大大dàdàgreatlyHSK 2 大海dàhǎiseaHSK 2 大家dàjiāeveryoneHSK 2 大量dàliànggreat amountHSK 2 大门dàménthe Doors, US rock bandHSK 2

More HSK 1 characters

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