Big

大 dà big / huge / large / major / great / wide / deep / oldest / eldest
大 dài see 大 / 夫 / [dai4 fu5]
Results beginning with 大
大家 dà ji! everyone / influential family / great expert
大学 dà xué university / college / CL:所 / [suo3]
大 小 dà xi"o dimension / magnitude / size / measurement / large and
small / at any rate / adults and children / consideration of seniority
大量 dà liàng great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous /
generous / magnanimous
大型 dà xíng large / large-scale
大陆 dà lù continent / mainland / CL:個 / |个 / [ge4]
大会 dà huì general assembly / general meeting / convention / CL:個 /
|个 / [ge4],屆 / |届 / [jie4]
大大 dà dà greatly / enormously / uncle
大厦 dà shà large building / edifice / mansion / CL:座 / [zuo4]
大哥 dà g# eldest brother
大师 dà sh$ great master / master
大连 Dà lián Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 遼 / 寧 / 省
/ |辽 / q / 省 / in northeast China
大概 dà gài roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about / general
idea
大全 dà quán all-inclusive / complete / comprehensive collection
大人 dà ren adult / grownup / title of respect toward superiors
大力 dà lì energetically / vigorously
大众 dà zhòng the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular
(of music, science etc)
大声 dà sh#ng loud voice / in a loud voice / loudly
大约 dà yu# approximately / about
大战 dà zhàn great war
大多 dà du% for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly
大幅 dà fú a big margin / substantially
大 dà mén entrance / door / gate
大笑 dà xiào to laugh heartily / a belly laugh
大胆 dà d"n brazen / audacious / outrageous / bold / daring / fearless
大地 dà dì earth / mother earth
大道 dà dào main street / avenue
大片 dà piàn wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending
widely / blockbuster movie
大 事 dà shì major event / major political event (war or change of
regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big
way / CL:件 / [jian4],樁 / |桩 / [zhuang1]
大街 dà ji# street / main street / CL:條 / |条 / [tiao2]
大奖 dà ji"ng the big prize (e.g. lottery)
大专 dà zhu!n three-year college / junior college / professional
training college
大厅 dà t$ng hall / lounge
大汉 dà hàn big person / the great Han dynasty
大楼 dà lóu large building / CL:幢 / [zhuang4],座 / [zuo4]
大方 dà fang generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-
mannered / natural and relaxed
大方 dà f!ng expert / scholar / mother earth / a type of green tea
大叫 dà jiào [FR] crier ; hurler ; vociférer
大海 dà h"i sea / ocean
大脑 dà n"o brain / cerebrum
大于 dà yú greater than / bigger than / more than, >
大名 dà míng great name / your distinguished name / one's formal
personal name
大作 dà zuò to make sth big of it / sudden big and impressive event
(sound, flash, burst, wind) / to exaggerate
大队 dà duì group / a large body of / production brigade / military
group
大豆 dà dòu soybean
大纲 dà g!ng main point / leading principles / synopsis / syllabus
大致 dà zhì more or less / roughly / approximately
大批 dà p$ large quantities of
大都 dà d%u for the most part / on the whole / also pr. [da4 du1]
大都 dà d& for the most part / on the whole / metropolitan
大半 dà bàn more than half / greater part / most / probably / most
likely
大夫 dài fu doctor / minister of state (in pre-Han states) / CL:個 / |个 /
[ge4],位 / [wei4]
大腿 dà tu' thigh
大有 dà y(u there is much / (literary) abundance
大气 dà qì atmosphere / heavy breathing / magnanimity
大王 dài wang robber baron (in opera, old stories) / magnate
大王 dà wáng king / magnate / person having expert skill in
something
大臣 dà chén chancellor (of a monarchy) / cabinet minister
大臣 dài chén Secretary of State
大 桥 Dà Qiáo Da Qiao, one of the Two Qiaos, according to Romance
of the Three Kingdoms 三 / 國 / 演 / 義 / |三 / 国 / 演 / 义 / [San1 guo2
Yan3 yi4], the two great beauties of ancient China
大国 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country)
大唐 dà táng the Tang dynasty (618-907)
大类 dà lèi main type / main class / main category
大喊 dà h"n to shout
大使 dà sh' ambassador / envoy / CL:名 / [ming2],位 / [wei4]
大 姐 dà ji) big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of
address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
大为 dà wéi very / greatly
大一 dà y$ first-year university student
大米 dà m' rice
大树 Dà shù Tashu township in Kaohsiung county 高 / 雄 / 縣 / |高 /
雄 / 县 / [Gao1 xiong2 xian4], southwest Taiwan
大口 dà k(u big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth /
gulping / gobbling / gaping
大叔 dà sh& eldest of father's younger brothers / uncle (term used to
address a man about the age of one's father)
大火 dà hu( conflagration / large fire / CL:場 / |场 / [chang2]
大局 dà jú general situation / present conditions
大洋 dà yáng oceans / silver yuan
大哭 dà k& to cry loudly
大庆 Dà qìng Daqing prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑 /
龍 / 江 / |黑 / 龙 / 江 / [Hei1 long2 jiang1] in northeast China
大爷 dà yé arrogant idler / self-centred show-off
大爷 dà ye (coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for
older man
大 同 Dà tóng Datong or Great community in neo-Confucian
philosophy, sim. New Jerusalem / Datong or Tatung district of Taipei
City 臺 / 北 / 市 / |台 / 北 / 市 / [Tai2 bei3 shi4], Taiwan / Datong
prefecture level city in Shanxi 山 / 西 / Dato
大雨 dà y* heavy rain / CL:場 / |场 / [chang2]
大步 dà bù large strides
大卫 Dà wèi David (name) / Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825),
French neoclassical painter
大意 dà yi careless
大意 dà yì general idea / main idea
大喜 dà x' exultation
大象 dà xiàng elephant / CL:隻 / |只 / [zhi1]
大选 dà xu"n general election
大户 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous
spender or consumer
大将 dà jiàng a general or admiral
大风 dà f#ng gale / CL:場 / |场 / [chang2]
大便 dà biàn to defecate / excrement / feces
大山 Dà sh!n Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry
Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC
大殿 dà diàn main hall of a Buddhist temple
大雪 Dà xu) Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二 / 十 /
四 / 節 / 氣 / |二 / 十 / 四 / 节 / 气 / 7th-21st December
大惊 dà j$ng with great alarm
大{ dà hu( everybody / everyone / we all
大餐 dà c!n great meal / banquet
大3 dà gu!n (reach a) critical point
大肆 dà sì wantonly / without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) /
unbridled
大发 dà f! [FR] Daihatsu
大怒 dà nù angry / indignant
大) dà x$ng to go in for something in a big way / to undertake on a
large scale
大汗 dà hàn profuse perspiration
大汗 dà hán supreme khan
大体 dà t' in general / more or less / in rough terms / basically / on the
whole
大三 dà s!n third-year university student
大河 dà hé large river (esp the Yellow River)
大跌 dà di# large fall
大亨 dà h#ng big shot / top gun / superstar / VIP
大牌 dà pái strong card / honor card (card games) / very popular or
successful person / self-important
大堂 dà táng lobby
大衣 dà y$ overcoat / topcoat / cloak / CL:件 / [jian4]
大] dà k!i to open wide
大胜 dà shèng great victory
大变 dà biàn huge changes
大四 dà sì fourth-year university student
大举 dà j* (do sth) on a large scale
大炮 dà pào big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / trad. form
大 / 炮 / also used / CL:門 / | / [men2],尊 / [zun1]
大院 dà yuàn courtyard (surrounded by many buildings) / compound /
great institution
大骂 dà mà to rain curses (on sb) / to let sb have it / to bawl sb out
大二 dà èr second-year university student
大蒜 dà suàn garlic
大闹 dà nào to cause havoc / to run amok
大刀 dà d!o broadsword / large knife / machete
大旗 dà qí banner
大红 dà hóng crimson
大公 dà g%ng [FR] grand-duc
大业 dà yè great cause / great undertaking
大巴 dà b! a big coach / tourist bus
大马 Dà m" Malaysia
大妈 dà m! father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for
an elderly woman)
大路 dà lù avenue / CL:條 / |条 / [tiao2]
大圣 dà shèng great sage / mahatma / king / emperor / outstanding
personage / Buddha
大腕 dà wàn star / big shot / celebrity / leading actor / authority
(slang)
大嫂 dà s"o older brother's wife / sister-in-law / elder sister (respectful
appellation for an older married woman)
大宗 dà z%ng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing
大势 dà shì [FR] situation ; circonstances
大娘 dà niáng (coll.) father's older brother's wife / aunt (polite
address)
大计 dà jì large scale program of lasting importance / project of
paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit
大神 dài shén [FR] Okami
大病 dà bìng serious illness
大观 Dà gu!n Daguan district of Anqing city 安 / 慶 / 市 / |安 / 庆 / 市 /
[An1 qing4 shi4], Anhui
大行 dà xíng [FR] Banque d'investissement
大阪 Dà b"n + / saka, a city and prefecture in Japan
大潮 dà cháo tidal bore / tidal wave
大部 dà bù most of / the majority of sth
大吃 dà ch$ to gorge oneself / to pig out
大雄 dà xióng great hero / main Buddhist image (in temple)
大号 dà hào tuba / large size (clothes, print etc) / (polite) (your) name
/ (coll.) number two / to defecate
Approximate Results for 大
最大 zuì dà biggest / largest / maximum
很大 h)n dà tremendous
强大 qiáng dà large / formidable / powerful / strong
重大 zhòng dà great / important / major / significant
广大 gu"ng dà (of an area) vast or extensive / large-scale /
widespread / (of people) numerous
巨大 jù dà huge / immense / very large / tremendous / gigantic /
enormous
人 大 Rén dà (Chinese) National People's Congress / abbr. for 全 / 國
/ 人 / 民 / 代 / 表 / 大 / 會 / |全 / 国 / 人 / 民 / 代 / 表 / 大 / 会 / [Quan2
guo2 Ren2 min2 Dai4 biao3 Da4 hui4]
扩大 kuò dà to expand / to enlarge / to broaden one's scope
老大 l"o dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group /
boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang
不大 bù dà not very / not too / not often
加大 ji! dà to increase (e.g. one's effort)
较大 jiào dà comparatively large
更大 gèng dà bigger / even bigger
伟大 w)i dà great / mighty / large
长大 zh"ng dà to grow up
]大 jí dà maximum / enormous
庞大 páng dà huge / enormous / tremendous
增大 z#ng dà to enlarge / to amplify / to magnify
北大 B)i Dà Beijing University (abbr. for 北 / 京 / 大 / 學 / |北 / 京 / 大 /
学 / )
放大 fàng dà to enlarge / to magnify
盛大 shèng dà grand / majestic / magnificent / Shanda Entertainment
(PRC computer game company)
多大 du% dà how big / how much / how old etc
高大 g!o dà tall / lofty
壮大 zhuàng dà to expand / to strengthen
特大 tè dà exceptionally big
七大 q$ dà [FR] septième congrès national (du PCC)
宽大 ku!n dà spacious / wide / lenient
天大 ti!n dà gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous
师大 sh$ dà abbr. for 師 / 範 / 大 / 學 / |师 / 范 / 大 / 学 / [shi1 fan4 da4
xue2], normal university / teacher-training college
交 大 Ji!o dà Jiaotong University / University of Communications /
abbr. of 交 / 通 / 大 / 學 / |交 / 通 / 大 / 学 / [Jiao1 tong1 Da4 xue2]
远大 yu"n dà far-reaching / broad / ambitious / promising
莫大 mò dà greatest / most important
光 大 gu!ng dà splendid / magnificent / abbr. for 中 / 國 / 光 / 大 / 銀 /
行 / |中 / 国 / 光 / 大 / 银 / 行 / [Zhong1 guo2 Guang1 da4 Yin2
hang2], China Everbright Bank
宏大 hóng dà great / grand / massive
夸大 ku! dà to exaggerate
硕大 shuò dà big / huge / massive
ÿ大 ruò dà so big / such a big
粗大 c& dà thick / bulky / loud
自大 zì dà arrogant
博大 bó dà enormous / broad / extensive
国 大 Guó Dà abbr. 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 /
 
正大 zhèng dà [FR] droit ; loyal
头大 tóu dà to have a big head / (figuratively) to get a headache /
one's head is swimming
南大 Nán Dà Nanjing University, NJU / abbr. for 南 / 京 / 大 / 學 / |南 /
京 / 大 / 学 / [Nan2 jing1 Da4 xue2]
胆大 d"n dà daring / bold / audacious
肥大 féi dà loose fitting clothes / fat / stout / swelling (of internal
organ) / hypertrophy
台大 Tái Dà abbr. for 台 / 灣 / 大 / 學 / |台 / 湾 / 大 / 学 / [Tai2 wan1
Da4 xue2]
联大 Lián Dà United Nations General Assembly / abbr. for 聯 / 合 / 國
/ 大 / 會 / |联 / 合 / 国 / 大 / 会
浩大 hào dà vast / great / large amount
马大 M" dà Martha (biblical name)
绝大 jué dà most of
肿大 zh(ng dà swelling / enlargement / hypertrophy
斗大 d(u dà huge
医大 y$ dà abbr. for 醫 / 科 / 大 / 學 / |医 / 科 / 大 / 学 / [yi1 ke1 da4
xue2], university of medicine
犹大 Yóu dà Judas / Judah (son of Jacob)
拿大 ná dà to put on airs / self-important / high and mighty
夜大 yè dá [FR] Yeda
暨大 Jì Dà abbr. for Jinan University 暨 / 南 / 大 / 學 / |暨 / 南 / 大 / 学
/ [Ji4 nan2 Da4 xue2]
胀大 zhàng dà swollen
函大 hán dà abbr. for 函 / 授 / 大 / 學 / |函 / 授 / 大 / 学 / [han2 shou4
da4 xue2], open university
措大 cuò dà worthless scholar / useless wretch
吩大 f#n dà [FR] Fenda
\大 Fù Dà Fudan University, Shanghai, abbr. for 復 / 旦 / 大 / 學 / |\
/ 旦 / 大 / 学 / [Fu4 dan4 Da4 xue2]
哥大 G# Dà Columbia University (abbr.)
火大 hu( dà to be in a bad temper / to be angry
脸大 li"n dà bold / unafraid
糗大 qi* dà hoax
碩大 shuò dà big / huge / massive
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
武大 w* dà [FR] Université de Wuhan
业大 yè dà part-time college (abbr. for 業 / 余 / 大 / 學 / |业 / 余 / 大 /
学 / )
做大 zuò dà arrogant / putting on airs
Q大街 Qdài ji# [FR] Avenue Q
63大廈 [FR] DLI 63 Building
Q1大廈 [FR] Q1 Tower
TED大会 [FR] Conférence TED
意大利 Yì dà lì Italy / Italian
加拿大 Ji! ná dà Canada / Canadian
赚大钱 zhuàn dà qián to earn a fortune
最大化 zuì dà huà to maximize
一大早 y$ dà z"o at dawn / at first light / first thing in the morning
放大器 fàng dà qì amplifier
斯大林 S$ dà lín Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator
放大镜 fàng dà jìng magnifying glass
义大利 Yì dà lì Italy / Italian / also written 意 / 大 / 利 / [Yi4 da4 li4]
新大陆 x$n dà lù the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old
World 舊 / 大 / 陸 / |旧 / 大 / 陆 / [jiu4 da4 lu4] or Eurasia
士大夫 shì dà f& scholar officials
十五大 shí w* dà 1 5th Party Congress (of Chinese Communist
Party)
老大爷 l"o dà yé uncle / grandpa / CL:位 / [wei4]
百慕大 B"i mù dà Bermuda
老大哥 l"o dà g# big brother
黄大仙 huáng dà xi!n Wong Tai Sin district of Kowloon, Hong Kong
北大荒 b)i dà hu!ng the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern
China)
冤大头 yu!n dà tóu spendthrift and foolish / sb with more money than
sense
五大洲 w* dà zh%u five continents / the whole world
无限大 wú xiàn dài [FR] Infini
挑大梁 ti"o dà liáng to play a leading role / to bear a heavy
responsibility
李大钊 L' Dà zh!o Li Dazhao (1889-1927), early Chinese Marxist and
founding member of the communist party
特大号 tè dà hào jumbo / king-sized
安大略 !n dài lu:è [FR] Ontario (Californie)
扩大化 kuò dà huà to extend the scope / to exaggerate
金大中 J$n Dà zh%ng Kim Dae-jung (1926-2009), South Korea
politician, president 1998-2003, Nobel peace prize laureate 2000
随大流 suí dà liú to follow the crowd / going with the tide
自大狂 zì dài kuáng megalomania / egomania / delusions of grandeur

老大娘 l"o dà niáng old lady / Madam (polite address) / CL:位 / [wei4]
次大陆 cì dà lù subcontinent (e.g. the Indian subcontinent)
胖大海 pàng dà h"i malva nut / seed of Sterculia lychnophora
马 大哈 m" dà h! a careless person / scatterbrain / frivolous and
forgetful / abbr. for 馬 / 馬 / 虎 / 虎 / 、 / 大 / 大 / ) / ) / 、 / Q / Q /
哈 / 哈 / |马 / 马 / 虎 / 虎 / 、 / 大 / 大 / ) / )
孙大圣 S&n dà shèng Great-Sage Sun / Sun Wukong 孫 / 悟 / 空 / |孙
/ 悟 / 空 / [Sun1 Wu4 kong1]
国大党 Guó dà d"ng Indian Congress party
波哥大 B% g# dà Bogota, capital of Colombia
核大国 hé dà guó a nuclear power (country)
蒙大拿 Méng dà ná Montana, US state
五大湖 W* dà hú Great Lakes / the five north American Great Lakes
]大值 jí dà zhí maximum value
超大陸 [FR] Supercontinent
保大帝 [FR] Bao Dai
姆大陆 [FR] Mu (continent)
孫大信 [FR] Sadhou Sundar Singh
鄭大世 [FR] Jong Tae-se
長尾大 [FR] Dai Nagao
微大陆 microcontinent
傍大款 bàng dà ku"n to live off a rich man
崩大碗 b#ng dài w"n [FR] Centella asiatica
伯大尼 bó dài ní [FR] Béthanie
伯赛大 Bó sài dà Bethsaida (city)
不大离 bù dà lí pretty close / just about right / not bad / same as 差 /
不 / 多
草大青 c"o dà q$ng Isatis indigotica (indigo woad plant)
吃大户 ch$ dà hù mass seizure of food from landlords during famines
before liberation
吃大亏 ch$ dà ku$ to cost one dearly / to end disastrously / to pay
bitterly
船老大 chuán l"o dà coxswain / steersman / boatswain (bo'sun)
出大差 ch& dà ch!i lit. to go on a long trip / fig. to be sent to the
execution ground
春大麦 ch&n dà mài spring barley
东大寺 d%ng dà sì [FR] Todai-ji
泛大陆 fàn dà lù Pangea (geology)
泛大洋 fàn dà yáng Panthalassis (geology)
放大纸 fàng dà zh' enlarging paper (photography) / bromide paper
非 国大 F#i guó dà African National Congress, ANC / abbr. for 非 / 洲
/ 人 / 國 / 民 / 大 / 會 / |非 / 洲 / 人 / 国 / 民 / 大 / 会 / [Fei1 zhou1 ren2
guo2 min2 da4 hui4]
何大一 hé dà y$ [FR] David Ho
花大姐 hu! dà ji) common word for ladybug, more formally 瓢 / 虫
湖大区 hú dài q& [FR] Région des Lacs
假大空 ji" dà k%ng empty words / bogus speech
姜大卫 ji!ng dà wèi David
吉大港 jí dà g"ng Chittagong (Bangladesh port city)
]大元 jí dà yuán [FR] élément maximal
金大恩 j$n dài #n [FR] Kim Dae-Eun
井深大 j'ng sh#n dài [FR] Masaru Ibuka
旧大陆 jiù dà lù the Old World / Eurasia as opposed to the New World
新 / 大 / 陸 / |新 / 大 / 陆 / [xin1 da4 lu4] or the Americas
坎大哈 K"n dà h! Kandahar (town in Southern Afghanistan)
侃大山 k"n dà sh!n to chatter idly / to gossip / to boast or brag