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大作

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Pīnyīn
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your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
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Cangjie
大
component searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *大* | 大* | *大
3画
big, great, vast, large, high
4003.0
K
作
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *作* | 作* | *作
7画
make; work; compose, write; act, perform
2821.1
OHS

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
大作
your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific) / to erupt / to begin abruptly
大
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *大* | 大* | *大
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *大* | 大* | *大
see 大夫
 作
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *作* | 作* | *作
(bound form) worker / (bound form) workshop / (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
 作
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *作* | 作* | *作
to do; to engage in / to write; to compose / to pretend; to feign / to regard as; to consider to be / to be; to act the part of / to feel (itchy, nauseous etc) / writings; works