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Pinyin dà、 dài、 tài

Radical

大

Strokes

Definition

big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / oldest / eldest, doctor

Usage

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大吵大闹 dà chǎo dà nào

to shout and scream (idiom); to kick up a fuss / to make a scene

大衣呢 dà yī ne

overcoating

大大咧咧 dà dà liē liē

carefree / offhand / casual

大咧咧 dà liē liē

Big

大吃一惊 dà chī yī jīng

to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled / gobsmacked

大吏 dà lì

Big official

大厦 dà shà

(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)

厦大 shà dà

Xiamen University（厦门大学）

大厦将倾 dà shà jiāng qīng

great mansion on the verge of collapse (idiom); hopeless situation

大叔 dà shū

eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father)

大叫 dà jiào

yell

哄堂大笑 hōng táng dà xiào

the whole room roaring with laughter (idiom)

哄然大笑 hōng rán dà xiào

laugh uproariously / roar with laughter / burst into a guffaw / a volley of laughter

哈哈大笑 hā hā dà xiào

to laugh heartily / to burst into loud laughter

大哥 dà gē

eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss

号啕大哭 háo táo dà kū

Crying

大合唱 dà hé chàng

cantata / chorus

大型 dà xíng

large / large-scale

大喇嘛 dà lǎ ma

Great Lama

大喊大叫 dà hǎn dà jiào

shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly / to rant / to kick up a racket / to conduct vigorous propaganda

大喊 dà hǎn

to shout

大喜 dà xǐ

exultation

大吃大喝 dà chī dà hē

to eat and drink as much as one likes / to make a pig of oneself

大嗓门 dà sǎng mén

loud voice

大堤 dà dī

levee

声名大噪 shēng míng dà zào

to rise to fame

大学 dà xué

university / college / CL:所[suo3]

四大 sì dà

the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放[da4 ming2 da4 fang4], 大辯論|大辩论[da4 bian4 lun4], 大字報|大字报[da4 zi4 bao4] (PRC)

大团结 dà tuán jié

Great unity

大气圈 dà qì quān

atmosphere

大圣 dà shèng

great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding personage / Buddha

坎大哈 Kǎn dà hā

Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)

大坑 dà kēng

Tai Hang District, Hong Kong

大块 dà kuài

chunk / hunch / clod / block / agglomerate

大坝 dà bà

dam

大陆坡 dà lù pō

continental slope (boundary of continental shelf)

大中型 dà zhōng xíng

large and medium-sized / large and medium-scaled

大埔 Dà bù

Dabu county in Meizhou 梅州, Guangdong / Tai Po district of New Territories, Hong Kong / Dabu or Tabu township in Chiayi county 嘉義縣|嘉义县[Jia1 yi4 xian4], west Taiwan

大堂 dà táng

lobby

大堆 dà duī

pile / heap / stack / a pile of / piles of / heaps of / a mass of / a load of / swarm / raft

增大 zēng dà

to enlarge / to amplify / to magnify

大学士 dà xué shì

grand secretary

壮大 zhuàng dà

to expand / to strengthen

大声 dà shēng

loud voice / in a loud voice / loudly

大夏 Dà xià

Han Chinese name for an ancient Central Asia country

大多 dà duō

for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly

大多数 dà duō shù

(great) majority

绝大多数 jué dà duō shù

absolute majority / overwhelming majority

大伙兒 dà huǒ r

erhua variant of 大伙[da4 huo3]

最大 zuì dà

maximum

大家 dà jiā

everyone / influential family / great expert

大量 dà liàng

great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous

重大 zhòng dà

great / important / major / significant

大道 dà dào

main street / avenue

巨大 jù dà

huge / immense / very large / tremendous / gigantic / enormous

很大 hěn dà

giant / great / tremendous / very large

扩大 kuò dà

to expand / to enlarge / to broaden one's scope

大陆 dà lù

continent / mainland / CL:個|个[ge4],塊|块[kuai4]

较大 jiào dà

comparatively large

大小 dà xiǎo

dimension / magnitude / size / measurement / large and small / at any rate / adults and children / consideration of seniority

大臣 dà chén

chancellor (of a monarchy) / cabinet minister

广大 guǎng dà

(of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale / widespread / (of people) numerous

大夫 dà fū

senior official (in imperial China)

御史大夫 yù shǐ dài fū

Doctor Yushi

夸大 kuā dà

to exaggerate

夸大其词 kuā dà qí cí

to exaggerate

夸大其辞 kuā dà qí cí

exaggerate

大奖赛 dà jiǎng sài

grand prix / great prix competition

胆大妄为 dǎn dà wàng wéi

daring / presumptuous / daredevil

妄自尊大 wàng zì zūn dà

ridiculous self-importance (idiom); arrogance

狂妄自大 kuáng wàng zì dà

arrogant and conceited

大妈 dà mā

father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)

大姐 dà jiě

big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)

大姑娘 dà gū niáng

aunt / unmarried young woman / unmarried girl / eldest girl / eldest daughter

大姓 dà xìng

surname of an aristocratic family

大姨 dà yí

(coll.) wife's elder sister / sister-in-law

七大姑八大姨 qī dà gū bā dà yí

distant relatives

大娘 dà niáng

(coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite address)

大婶 dà shěn

aunt

大儿媳 dà ér xí

Eldest daughter-in-law

女大当嫁 nǚ dà dāng jià

A girl of age should be married. / A girl should get married on coming of age. / A girl should get married upon reaching womanhood. / Grown-up daughters have to marry.

大嫂 dà sǎo

older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman)

大嫂子 dà sǎo zi

Sister-in-law

博大 bó dà

enormous / broad / extensive

大萝卜 dà luó bo

see 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[bai2 luo2 bo5]

大哭 dà kū

to cry loudly

勃然大怒 bó rán dà nù

fly into a great rage / burst into anger

北大 Běi Dà

Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)

十大 shí dà

Top ten

大字 dà zì

big character

大学生 dà xué shēng

university student / college student

大宅 dà zhái

mansion / big house

深宅大院 shēn zhái dà yuàn

a compound of connecting courtyards, each surrounded by dwelling quarters / a mansion with many courtyards and very high walls / a mansion with spacious halls and extensive gardens / imposing dwellings and spacious courtyards / (living tucked away) inside the big mansion

宏大 hóng dà

great / grand

宽宏大量 kuān hóng dà liàng

magnanimous (idiom); generous

大宗 dà zōng

large amount / staple / influential family of long standing

宽大 kuān dà

spacious / wide / lenient

大幅 dà fú

a big margin / substantially

大寨 dà zhài

Dazhai

大寺 dà sì

Great Temple

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