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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)
HSK 1
university / college / CL:
HSK 1
sea / ocean
HSK 2
continent; mainland / CL: 個|个, 塊|块
HSK 4
doctor; physician
HSK 3
nature (the natural world)
HSK 2
roughly / probably / rough / approximate / about / general idea
HSK 3
approximately / probably
HSK 3
(great) majority
HSK 2
greatly / enormously / (dialect) dad / uncle
HSK 2
great amount / large quantity / bulk / numerous / generous / magnanimous
HSK 2
the greater part; the majority; most / Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
HSK 2
overcoat / topcoat / cloak / CL:
HSK 2
building (a relatively large, multistory one) / CL: ,
HSK 4
big sister / elder sister / older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker)
HSK 4
large and small / size / adults and children / consideration of seniority / at any rate
HSK 2
everyone / influential family / great expert
HSK 2
elephant / CL: 頭|头
HSK 5
entrance / door / gate / large and influential family
HSK 2
general assembly / general meeting / convention / CL: 個|个, 屆|届
HSK 4
adult / grownup / title of respect toward superiors
HSK 2
embassy / CL: , 個|个
HSK 3
large scale / extensive / wide scale / broad scale
HSK 4
(husked) rice
HSK 6
loud voice / in a loud voice / loudly
HSK 2
street / main street / CL: 條|条
HSK 6
father's elder brother's wife / aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)
HSK 4
eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader; boss
HSK 4
large / large-scale
HSK 4
the masses / the great bulk of the population / popular (of music, science etc)
HSK 4
major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL: , 樁|桩
HSK 5
brain / cerebrum
HSK 5
synopsis / outline / program / leading principles
HSK 5
university student; college student
HSK 1
giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
HSK 5
ambassador / envoy / CL: ,
HSK 6
great streets and small alleys (idiom); everywhere in the city
HSK 7-9
generous / magnanimous / stylish / in good taste / easy-mannered / natural and relaxed
HSK 4
hall; concourse; public lounge; (hotel) lobby
HSK 5
more or less; roughly; approximately
HSK 5
big data (computing)
HSK 7-9
grand contest
HSK 6
grand prix
HSK 5
main street / avenue
HSK 6
(coll.) large bus / coach / (abbr. for 大型巴士)
HSK 4
brazen / audacious / outrageous / bold / daring / fearless
HSK 5
for the most part / on the whole / metropolitan
HSK 5
(coll.) father's older brother / uncle / term of respect for older man
HSK 4
mainland China (reference to the PRC)
energetically; vigorously
HSK 6
greater than; bigger than; more than
HSK 5
large quantities of
HSK 6
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *大* | 大* | *大
see 大夫
a manly man / a man of character
the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书 in Confucianism
overall / in general terms
HSK 7-9
in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole / overall situation; the big picture / cadaver for dissection in training medical students
HSK 7-9
wantonly / without restraint (of enemy or malefactor) / unbridled
HSK 7-9
very wealthy person
HSK 7-9
wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie
HSK 7-9
for the most part / many / most / the greater part / mostly
HSK 4
Monopoly (game) / known as 地產大亨|地产大亨 in Taiwan
senior official (in imperial China)
Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking
mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother) / (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period)
great master / master
HSK 6
earth / mother earth
HSK 7-9
husk of betel nut 檳榔|槟榔
barley
large-scale Chinese opera / Beijing opera / major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc)
chancellor (of a monarchy) / cabinet minister
HSK 7-9
shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly / to rant / to kick up a racket / to conduct vigorous propaganda
virtually the same / differing only on small points
HSK 7-9
to be revealed / to come out (of the truth) / chalk (for whitening walls) / (old) wine cup / (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Comics character Baymax, whose Chinese name is 大白)
(idiom) with great fanfare; on a grand scale
group / a large body of / production brigade / military group
HSK 7-9
overall situation / the big picture
HSK 7-9
extended family / big family / harmonious group
HSK 7-9
big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping
disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the norms of society)
grand reputation / renowned / famous
HSK 7-9
rampant / very popular
there is a great deal of ... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in 大有希望) / (literary) bumper harvest; abundance
greenhouse / polytunnel
HSK 7-9
(formal, honorific) your writing; your handwriting / pen; calligraphy brush / a large sum of (money)
HSK 7-9
melting pot
general idea / main idea
HSK 7-9
careless
HSK 7-9
big stick (policy etc)
north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom) / (fig.) all over China
Datong, prefecture-level city in Shanxi Province 山西省
Dawukou district of Shizuishan city 石嘴山市, Ningxia
to the satisfaction of everyone
mix-up / mish-mash / potpourri
comprehensive collection
to defecate / excrement; feces
last day of the lunar year / Chinese New Year's Eve
food stall; open-air restaurant (original Hong Kong written form, now usually written as 大排檔|大排档)
broadsword / large knife / machete
wild goose / CL: 隻|只
HSK 7-9

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