大 (daai6 | da4 dai4) : big

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大

daai6

da4 dai4

[1] big; vast; large [2] great [3] much [4] very; highly; extremely; really [5] your (politely) [6] the eldest; senior [7] full-grown; [n] adult [8] before; after (referring to dates only) [9] [v] make large; make great [10] a Chinese family name

The Mandarin /dai4/ is used in the term 大夫, meaning "doctor".

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Radical: 大 (#37)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

大

Don't confuse with:
太犬丈

This word has been viewed 49848 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 23rd Jul 2009 05:49

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大秦 daai6 ceon4 da4 qin2 = 1. The Qin Empire 大秦帝國 2. Han Dynasty term for the Roman Empire

大三 daai6 saam1 da4 san1 = third-year university student

大寒 daai6 hon4 da4 han2 = Great Cold, 24th of the 24 solar terms 20th January-3rd February

大暑 daai6 syu2 da4 shu3 = Great Heat, 12th of the 24 solar terms 23rd July-6th August

大雪 daai6 syut3 da4 xue3 = Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 7th-21st December

雷聲大,雨點小 leoi4 seng1 daai6 jyu5 dim2 siu2 lei2 sheng1 da4 yu3 dian3 xiao3 = all talk, but no action

大風 daai6 fung1 da4 feng1 = strong wind

大人 daai6 jan4 da4 ren5/2 = adult; Your Honour

大家 daai6 gaa1 da4 jia1 = everybody

大力 daai6 lik6 da4 li4 = strong (muscular)
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Showing 10 of 51 examples containing 大

呢間大學好有名㗎！? 粵
This university is very famous!

佢個鼻好大粵
He has a big nose.
[Lit. his nose very big.]

千祈唔好講大話。粵
Don't ever tell lies.

你個仔係唔係喺大學讀緊書? 粵
Is your son studying in university?

我就快搬去棟新大廈
I will move to a new building soon.

希望大家有個輕鬆悠閑嘅聖誕節粵
I hope we have a relaxing Christmas.

希望大家過個輕鬆悠閒的聖誕節國
I hope we have a relaxing Christmas.

喺聖誕節，我哋會大宴親友粵
At Christmas we will have a big party.

我們聖誕節當天要辦個大聚會國
On Christmas Day we will have a big party.

大熱天時開冷氣真舒服。粵
It is so comfortable to have the air-contioner on during hot days.

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