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大厦dà shà
building
Definitions
Chinese > English | ||
大厦 | ||
1. Simplified form of 大廈 | ||
大廈 | dà廈 | |
1. n. large building; skyscraper; edifice; plaza | ||
2. usage. Often translated as "mansion" in English translations of building names in China. | ||
English > Chinese | ||
building | ||
1. 名词. 建築物 | ||
Components | ||
大 | dà | |
1. of great size; big; large; huge | ||
Antonyms: 小 | ||
這 個 太 大 了! (Zhè ge tài dà le!) - This is too big! | ||
呢ni1 條 褲 好 大 條。 - This pair of pants is very big. | ||
2. big; great | ||
中 美 關係 已 有 很 大 改善。 (Zhōng Měi guānxì yǐ yǒu hěn dà gǎishàn.) - Relations between China and America have improved greatly. | ||
大不列顛 (Dàbùlièdiān) - Great Britain | ||
3. great of its kind | ||
昨天 下 大雨。 (Zuótiān xià dàyǔ.) - There was heavy rain yesterday. | ||
好 大 ? 味 - a very strong smell | ||
4. in an extreme manner; greatly | ||
大 哭 (dà kū) - to cry violently | ||
大吃一驚 (dàchīyījīng) - to be greatly shocked | ||
大 不 相同 (dà bù xiàngtóng) - to be greatly different | ||
你 遇到 這 種 情況,大 可以 走人 哪na。 (Nǐ yùdào zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng, dà kěyǐ zǒurén na.) - If you come across this kind of situation, you absolutely can leave. | ||
你 可 不 知道,他 昨兒r 過來lai 大 折zhē騰teng 了 一 場。好家伙huo,差chà點兒r.沒 把 這兒r 拆 嘍! (Nǐ kě bù zhīdào, tā zuór guòlai dà zhēteng le yī chǎng. Hǎojiāhuo, chàdiǎnr méi bǎ zhèr chāi lou!) - You don't even know, yest | ||
5. main; major | ||
Antonyms: 小 | ||
他們 將 車 一直 開 到 大 門口。 (Tāmen jiāng chē yīzhí kāi dào dà ménkǒu.) - They drove right up to the main gate. | ||
他 是 一家 石油 公司 的 大 股東。 (Tā shì yījiā shíyóu gōngsī de dà gǔdōng.) - He is a major stockholder in an oil company. | ||
6. well-known; successful (only applied to some occupations) | ||
大 書法家 (dà shūfǎjiā) - a well-known calligrapher | ||
7. mature; grown up | ||
Antonyms: 小 | ||
你 多 大 了? (Nǐ duō dà le?) - How old are you? | ||
她 比 他 大。 (Tā bǐ tā dà.) - She is older than him. | ||
你 隻 狗 係 咁 大daai6-2 㗎 喇。 - Your dog isn't going to grow any older. | ||
8. (Cantonese) to grow up | ||
喺 廣州 大 - to grow up in Guangzhou | ||
9. (Cantonese) to be older than | ||
Antonyms: 細 | ||
我 大 佢 兩 年。 - I am older than them by two years. | ||
10. (dialectal) father | ||
11. (dialectal) father's elder or younger brother | ||
12. (Cantonese, slang) to intimidate; to threaten | ||
你 大 我 呀aa4? - Are you trying to intimidate me? | ||
你 咪mai5 大 我。 - Don't you threaten me. | ||
13. (Cantonese) only so big | ||
咁高咁大daai6-2 - gam3 gou1 gam3 daai6-2 - , C | ||
14. (Cantonese, euphemistic) number two | ||
我 好 急 呀,要 去 大。 - I'm very desperate and need to go number two. | ||
15. Short for 大學 (gloss=university) Used only in the abbreviation of the name. | ||
北大 (Běidà) - Peking University | ||
16. 45th tetragram of the Taixuanjing; "greatness" (?) | ||
17. Used in 大夫 (doctor) | ||
18. Used in 大王 (tr=dàiwáng, (in operas, old novels, etc.) king; ringleader) | ||
19. Used in 大黃 (rhubarb) | ||
20. Used in 大城 (tr=Dàichéng, Daicheng, Hebei) | ||
21. Alternative form of 待 (to be about to; to intend to) | ||
22. Alternative form of 代 (dynasty) | ||
23. (Cantonese) small | ||
咁 大daai6-1 - so puny | ||
24. Variant of 太 | ||
25. Variant of 泰 | ||
太 | tā | |
1. (Korean Classical Chinese) soybean | ||
Synonyms: 大豆 | ||
2. Variant of 泰 | ||
泰 | tài | |
1. big; large | ||
2. great; extensive | ||
3. extreme; greatest | ||
4. exalted; honourable; superior | ||
5. good; excellent | ||
6. safe; peaceful; stable | ||
7. excessively; overly | ||
8. 11th hexagram of the I Ching | ||
9. Short for 泰國, Thailand | ||
厦 | ||
1. Variant of 廈 | ||
廈 | 廈 | |
1. mansion; large building | ||
2. Only used in 廈門 (short=1) | ||
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