| | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) | HSK 1 |
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| | 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 6 |
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| | to shout / to bellow / to make a big deal of sth / to make a fuss about sth | HSK 6 |
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| | major event / major political event (war or change of regime) / major social event (wedding or funeral) / (do sth) in a big way / CL: 件, 樁|桩 | |
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| | big / large / great | |
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| | eye / small hole / crux (of a matter) / CL: 隻|只, 雙|双 / classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
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| | a big margin / substantially | |
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| | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 北斗星 | |
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| | flood / big / great | |
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| | Chinese soapberry (Sapindus mukurossi) / big / pillar (old) | |
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| | wheel; disk; ring / steamship / to take turns; to rotate / classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn | |
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| | big / empty / open | |
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| | Great Bear / Big Dipper / Beidou or Peitou Town in Changhua County 彰化縣|彰化县, Taiwan | |
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| | (sports) to sprint; to spurt; to dash / to put in a big effort to achieve a goal as the deadline approaches | |
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| | big gun / cannon / artillery / one who talks big / CL: 門|门, 尊 | |
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| | big head / mask in the shape of a big head / the larger end of sth / the main part / the lion's share / dupe / sucker / (old) silver coin with a bust of Yuan Shikai 袁世凱|袁世凯 on the obverse side | |
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| | eldest brother / big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself) / gang leader / boss | |
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| | big mouthful (of food, drink, smoke etc) / open mouth / gulping / gobbling / gaping | |
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| | how old? / how big? / how much? / so big / that much | |
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| | big / stream or canal / drain / ditch / CL: 條|条 / him (dialect) / outer rim of a carriage wheel (old) | |
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| | large / big | |
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| | beta Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper | |
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| | gigantic dragon (lit. and fig.) / titanosaur (abbr. for 泰坦巨龍|泰坦巨龙) / (slang) big dick / schlong | |
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| | overall situation / the big picture | |
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| | gargantuan / as big as the sky / enormous | |
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| | greater than; bigger than; more than | |
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| | cowhide / leather / fig. flexible and tough / boasting / big talk | |
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| | to shout and quarrel / to make a big fuss | |
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| | Big Mac (McDonald's hamburger) | |
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| | to court death; to take a big risk | |
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| | big shot / top gun / superstar / VIP | |
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| | big wave / Taiwan pr. [tao2] | |
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| | large / bulky / big-ticket item | |
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| | extended family / big family / harmonious group | |
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| | arrogant; to put on airs / (business etc) to expand; to enlarge; to do sth on a big scale | |
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| | so big / such a big | |
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| | tycoon / magnate / big player (including company, country, school etc) / big shot | |
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| | gamma Ursae Majoris in the Big Dipper | |
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| | man with a big smile and evil intentions | |
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| | to push the wave and add to the billows (idiom); to add momentum / to encourage sth to get bigger / to add fuel to the fire | |
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| | to talk big / to shoot off one's mouth / to chat (dialect) | |
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| | cosmetic contact lens / big eye contact lens / circle contact lens | |
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| | to hit the big time | |
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| | (onom.) the thump of a big drum | |
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| | to boast shamelessly / to talk big | |
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| | star / big shot / celebrity / leading actor / authority (slang) | |
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| | blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees | |
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| | stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the tail of the dipper | |
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| | to talk glibly / to talk big / to be all talk | |
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| | big / gate | |
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| | (literary) handle of a spoon or ladle / (literary) collective name for the three stars that form the handle of the Big Dipper | |
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| | thumb / big toe | |
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| | (astronomy) Big Dipper | |
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| | blind people touch an elephant (idiom, from Nirvana sutra 大般涅槃經|大般涅盘经); fig. unable to see the big picture / to mistake the part for the whole / unable to see the wood for the trees | |
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| | Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business | |
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| | (big) store | |
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| | pregnant / potbelly / big eater | |
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| | lit. the Big Dipper 北斗星 has turned and the stars have moved / time flies / also written 星移斗轉|星移斗转 | |
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| | in big strides / (fig.) in giant steps | |
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| | lit. to go to war (idiom) / fig. to make a big fuss over sth | |
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| | sudden big stride forward | |
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| | to go to town / to enter a big city (to live or work) | |
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| | to have a big head / (fig.) to get a headache / one's head is swimming | |
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| | lit. even a scrawny camel is bigger than a horse (idiom) / fig. even after suffering a loss, a rich person is still better off than ordinary people / a cultured person may come down in the world, but he is still superior to the common people | |
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| | large scale program of lasting importance / project of paramount importance / to think big / annual national audit | |
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| | (idiom) to treat sth as no big deal / to downplay / to understate | |
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| | (slang) (loanword) big boobs / big-breasted / (coll.) tapioca balls, in 波霸奶茶 | |
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| | big / huge / massive | |
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| | big banner / feather banner or fan | |
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| | (idiom) nothing more than this; that's all; no big deal; not very impressive | |
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| | lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom) / fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us / (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive | |
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| | lit. it takes a long time to make a big pot (idiom); fig. a great talent matures slowly / in the fullness of time a major figure will develop into a pillar of the state / Rome wasn't built in a day | |
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| | big and stout / big-hearted / open and honest / continuous / repeated | |
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| | big | |
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| | big winnow basket | |
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| | big piece of meat / dried meat | |
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| | big brother | |
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| | big | |
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| | big lip | |
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| | big / cup made of horn / horn wine container | |
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| | big bone | |
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| | stars of the Big Dipper that constitute the rectangular body of the dipper / Kuixing, Daoist God of fate | |
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| | big toe | |
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| | big cymbals | |
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| | big-hearted and serene (idiom); contented and easygoing | |
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| | big arrow / walk fast | |
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| | big-bellied (idiom) / paunchy | |
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| | rich and powerful / rich and influential person / big shot | |
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| | lit. wind and rain sweeping through the town (idiom) / fig. a big scandal / an uproar / the talk of the town | |
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| | clear and bright / with a big smile | |
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| | big rocky mountain | |
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| | lit. one spot (on the leopard) / fig. one small item in a big scheme | |
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| | thumb / big toe | |
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| | big / hungry-looking | |
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| | handle of the Big Dipper | |
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| | dignitary / distinguished person / royalty / nobleman / big shot | |
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| | rich and powerful (families) / aristocratic / big shots | |
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| | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism) / the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鳴大放|大鸣大放, 大辯論|大辩论, 大字報|大字报 (PRC) | |
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| | exceptionally big | |
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| | to preserve and nurture one's spirit (idiom); honing one's strength for the big push | |
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