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大

🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

big

HSK 1 N4

Human →Relations

dà, dài

ダイ、タイ

おお-、おお.きい、-おお.いに

대, 다, 태

Depicts an adult man facing forward and standing erect.

Notes

Historical Evolution

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle

(~1250-1000 BC)

Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Bronze

Late Warring States (~250 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal

Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)

Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical

Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical

Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)

Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

大

Regular

Modern

Chinese

大 [dà]

big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; older (than); oldest; eldest; greatly; very much; (dialect) father; father's elder or younger brother

大 [dài]

see 大夫[dàifu]

Japanese

大おお同音

prefix

large; big; great; major; important; serious; heavy; loud
older; senior
final; ultimate
rough; broad; general

大だい同音

prefixadj-nanoun large; big; great; huge; vast; major; important; serious; severe
prefix great; prominent; eminent; distinguished
suffix -sized; as big as; the size of
n-suf abbrev. university
noun large (e.g. serving size); large option
noun abbrev. long month (i.e. having 31 days)

大たい同音

prefix abbrev. nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)

大い、大おおい同音

adj-nari archaic big; large; great
prefix archaic greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior (also written as 正)

大き、大 (irreg.) おおき同音

prefix archaic great; grand; large
prefix greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior (also written as 正)
nounadj-na a great deal; very much

Example Sentences

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大口叩きは何もできない。

Great talkers are little doers.

この決定はあなたの提案に負うところ大であった。

Your suggestion weighed heavily in this decision.

嵐は作物に大損害を与えた。

The storm did great harm to the crop.

瞬くうちにテニスボール大の団子が消え去った。

In the blink of an eye, the tennis-ball-sized dumpling had disappeared.

Japanese Names

大おお

Oo place namesurname

大おおかつ

Ookatsu unclassified name

大おおがち

Oogachi unclassified name

大おおがみ

Oogami surname

大おおき

Ooki given name

大おおくわ

Ookuwa surname

大おおさき

Oosaki surname

大おおざき

Oozaki surname

大おおし

Ooshi surname

大おおしお

Ooshio unclassified name

大おおじお

Oojio unclassified name

大おおすぎ

Oosugi surname

大おおすみ

Oosumi surname

大おおたか

Ootaka surname

大おおだか

Oodaka surname

大おおつる

Ootsuru surname

大おおとう

Ootou unclassified name

大おおの

Oono surname

大おおはま

Oohama surname

大おおふく

Oofuku unclassified name

大おおぶく

Oobuku unclassified name

大おおみね

Oomine unclassified name

大おおやぎ

Ooyagi surname

大おおやなぎ

Ooyanagi surname

大おさき

Osaki surname

大おたか

Otaka surname

大おやぎ

Oyagi surname

大かずひと

Kazuhito unclassified name

大しん

Shin given name

大たかし

Takashi male given name

大たけし

Takeshi given name

大だい

Dai female given namesurname

大だいかつ

Daikatsu unclassified name

大だいじょう

Daijō surname

大だいすえ

Daisue unclassified name

大だいふく

Daifuku unclassified name

大だいぶく

Daibuku unclassified name

大はじめ

Hajime surnamegiven name

大ひろ

Hiro unclassified name

大ひろし

Hiroshi male given name

大ふとし

Futoshi male given name

大まさ

Masa unclassified name

大まさる

Masaru surnamegiven name

大ゆたか

Yutaka given name

CHINESE WORDS (200)

大家 [dàjiā] #228

大学 [Dàxué] #712

the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sìshū] in Confucianism

大学 [Dàxué] #712

the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Sìshū] in Confucianism

大概 [dàgài] #671

伟大 [wěidà] #1,166

伟大 [wěidà] #1,166

大量 [dàliàng] #2,755

巨大 [jùdà] #1,943

重大 [zhòngdà] #2,492

大人 [dàren] #1,075

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JAPANESE WORDS (200)

⭐ 大きい [おおきい] #218

⭐ 大きな [おおきな] #241

⭐ 大変 [たいへん] #350

⭐ 大事 [だいじ] #387

⭐ 大好き [だいすき] #953

liking very much

⭐ 大人 [おとな] #1,009

⭐ 大きくなる [おおきくなる] #1,240

⭐ 最大 [さいだい] #1,282

⭐ 巨大 [きょだい] #1,427

⭐ 大量 [たいりょう] #1,658

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KOREAN WORDS (150)

ocean; expanse of water

최대한 #1,424

maximum; utmost limit

대부분 #2,081

most; bulk; majority

university; college

대통령 #4,383

the largest; the most; maximum

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