大
big, great, vast, high, deep; big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
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Built from 大
- 头head
- 天sky, heaven
- 美beautiful, pretty
- 达to reach, to arrive at
- 夫man, husband
- 太very, too much
- 奇strange, unusual, odd
- 类category, class, group, kind
- 奥mysterious, obscure, profound
- 套case, cover, envelope, wrapper
- 因cause, reason
- 参to take part in, to intervene
- 犬dog
- 尖sharp, pointed, acute
- 奖prize, reward
- 央central
- 庆to congratulate, to celebrate
- 奉to offer, to respect, to server
- 衡to measure, to weigh
- 奔to rush about
- 牵to drag, to pull, to lead by the hand
- 爽crisp, refreshing
- 夺to rob, to snatch, to take by force
- 夷ancient barbarian tribes
- 奋to strive, to exert effort
- 奈but, how
- 契deed, bond, contract
- 夸extravagant, luxurious
- 奢exaggerated
- 夯burden, load
- 驮to carry on one's back
- 奎a man's stride
- 奠to found, to settle
- 夭young, energetic
- 奕abundant
- 耷drooping ears
- 奚where, what, why, how
- 奄to remain, to tarry
- 樊railing, fence, enclosed place
- 吳one of several warring states
- 奁lady's vanity case
- 尜a child's toy
- 畚hamper, straw basket
- 夾to support
- 陝mountain pass
- 奘fat, stout, thick
- 奭majestic, red
- 爨oven, stove
Words with 大
- 不大bù dà · budanot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
- 交大jiāo dà · jiaodaJiaotong University; University of Communications; abbr. of 交通大學|交通大学[Jiao1 tong1 Da4 xue2]
- 人大rén dà · rendaRenmin University of China (abbr. for 中國人民大學|中国人民大学[Zhong1 guo2 Ren2 min2 Da4 xue2]); people's congress, a legislative body within the PRC's system of government at any of various levels – national, provincial, municipal, county or township (abbr. for 人民代表大會|人民代表大会[ren2 min2 dai4 biao3 da4 hui4])
- 伟大wěi dà · weidahuge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc)
- 偌大ruò dà · ruodaso big; such a big
- 做大zuò dà · zuodaarrogant; to put on airs; (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale
- 光大guāng dà · guangdasplendid; magnificent; abbr. for 中國光大銀行|中国光大银行[Zhong1 guo2 Guang1 da4 Yin2 hang2], China Everbright Bank
- 函大hán dà · handacorrespondence university (abbr. for 函授大學|函授大学[han2 shou4 da4 xue2])
- 加大jiā dà · jiadato increase (e.g. one's effort)
- 北大běi dà · beidaPeking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
- 半大bàn dà · bandamedium-sized
- 南大nán dà · nandaNanjing University, NJU (abbr. for 南京大學|南京大学[Nan2 jing1 Da4 xue2])
- 博大bó dà · bodabroad; extensive
- 命大mìng dà · mingdalucky (to have escaped death or serious injury)
- 哥大gē dà · gedaColumbia University (abbr.)
- 四大sì dà · sidathe 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)
- 国大guó dà · guodaabbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005); abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS); abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (INC)
- 坐大zuò dà · zuoda(derog.) to become powerful or influential
- 增大zēng dà · zengdato enlarge; to amplify; to magnify
- 壮大zhuàng dà · zhuangdato strengthen; to build up; to grow strong and large
- 多大duō dà · duodahow old?; how big?; how much?
- 夜大yè dà · yedaevening college (abbr. for 夜大學|夜大学[ye4 da4 xue2])
- 大Vdà v · davinfluential microblogger with a verified account (hence the "V")
- 大一dà yī · dayifirst year of university
- 大三dà sān · dasanthird year of university
- 大乘dà shèng · dashengMahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
- 大事dà shì · dashimajor event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral)
- 大二dà èr · daersecond year of university
- 大亨dà hēng · dahengbig shot; top gun; superstar
- 大人dà ren · darenadult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors