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

The Character 大, pronounced "dà" means "big".

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

It's the opposite of “xiǎo” (小).

Words

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

Sentenses

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