大 dà▶ grande

Stroke order

大 is written in 3 strokes.

• 大

Senses

1. big; large; great
2. older (than another person)
3. greatly; freely; fully
4. (dialect) father
5. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

Example sentences

• 这个商店很大。Zhège shāngdiàn hěn dà.This shop is very big.
• 他家很大。Tā jiā hěn dà.His home is very big.

Related words

• 大家todos
• 大夫Médico; Doctor
• 大概Probablemente
• 大约sobre; acerca de
• 大使馆Embajada
• 伟大grande, genial

大 is pronounced dà and means “grande”. This word appears in HSK 1, one level of the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi — the proficiency exam most Chinese courses are built around. Passive recognition of 大 arrives quickly and leaves quickly. Active recall is slower to build and far more durable, so LexiTrail keeps returning the word to you at widening intervals rather than on a timer.