Language/Mandarin-chinese/Vocabulary/大-dà-dài

Dear Chinese learners,

In today's lesson, we will study the Chinese character 大.

Pronunciation

The Character 大 is pronounced "dà":

Meaning

It means "big".

To remember this character easily, think of a man gesturing how big an object is. :)

It's the opposite of "xiǎo" (小).

Writing

Words

• 大陸／大陆 (dàlù): continent
• 大使館／大使馆 (dàshǐguǎn): embassy
• 大小 (dàxiǎo): dimension
• 大學／大学 (dàxué): university
• 大夫 (dàifu): doctor

Sentenses

• 房子很大 (fángzi hěn dà): the house is very big.