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大

dà

HSK 3.0 · 1HSK 2.0 · 1

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dà · daai6 (Jyutping)

  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3])
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

dài

  1. see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

Definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 · snapshot 2026-10-09. Display: consolidated readings, linked characters and marked pinyin. Original data

Character breakdown

大

Meaning
big, great, vast, large, high
Radical
大
Strokes
3
Components
⿻一人
Cangjie
K
Four-corner
4003.0

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