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大人

dà ren · da ren

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Meaning

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  1. adult
  2. grownup
  3. title of respect toward superiors
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Grown-up ticket

  1. Liangliang

    公园(gōngyuán)的(de)门票(ménpiào)，大人(dàren)十块(shíkuài)，小孩(xiǎohái)五块(wǔkuài)。

    Park tickets: adults ten yuan, children five yuan.

  2. Dengdeng

    我们(wǒmen)是(shì)大人(dàren)吧(ba)？

    We are adults, right?

  3. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)觉得(juéde)我(wǒ)还(hái)是(shì)小孩(xiǎohái)。

    I feel I am still a child.

  4. Qiqi

    你们(nǐmen)已经(yǐjīng)是(shì)大人(dàren)了(le)，不能(bùnéng)买(mǎi)小孩(xiǎohái)票(piào)。

    You two are adults already. You cannot buy child tickets.

  5. Liangliang

    好吧(hǎoba)，两张(liǎngzhāng)大人(dàren)票(piào)。可是(kěshì)大人(dàren)可以(kěyǐ)玩(wán)滑梯(huátī)吗(ma)？

    OK, two adult tickets. But can adults go on the slide?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

小(xiǎo)孩(hái)的(de)体(tǐ)温(wēn)一(yì)般(bān)比(bǐ)大(dà)人(ren)的(de)要(yào)高(gāo)。

Children generally have a higher body temperature than adults.

Tatoeba: Chinese by crescat · English by patgfisher · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)件(jiàn)衣(yī)服(fu)对(duì)大(dà)人(ren)来(lái)说(shuō)太(tài)小(xiǎo)了(le)。

This piece of clothing is too small for an adult.

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大
dà

big; large; great; older (than another person)

人
rén

person; people

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