| Chinese > English | |
|
| 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 |
| Chinese > Chinese | |
|
| 大 | |
| 1. (異體; |
| 2. (似字;太;犬;天;夫;尢;夭) |
| 3. (相關字;小;少;多;遠;寬;高;深) |
| English > Chinese | |
|
| big | |
| 1. 形容词. 大 |
