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大

dà · da/dài · dai

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Meaning

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dà 大

  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 (dà jiě))
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

dài 大

  1. see 大夫 (dài fu)
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In a conversation

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The umbrella is big

  1. Liangliang

    外面(wàimiàn)下(xià)大(dà)雨(yǔ)了(le)！

    It is raining heavily outside!

  2. Dengdeng

    雨(yǔ)很(hěn)大(dà)，我们(wǒmen)先(xiān)别(bié)出去(chūqù)。

    The rain is heavy, so let us not go out yet.

  3. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)带(dài)伞(sǎn)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did you bring an umbrella?

  4. Dengdeng

    带(dài)了(le)。你(nǐ)看(kàn)，我(wǒ)的(de)伞(sǎn)很(hěn)大(dà)！

    I did. Look, my umbrella is very big!

  5. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)大(dà)的(de)伞(sǎn)！能(néng)站(zhàn)几(jǐ)个(gè)人(rén)？

    What a big umbrella! How many people can stand under it?

  6. Dengdeng

    四(sì)个(gè)人(rén)。我们(wǒmen)可以(kěyǐ)在(zài)里面(lǐmiàn)吃饭(chīfàn)！

    Four people. We can eat under it!

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

这(zhè)个(ge)箱(xiāng)子(zi)太(tài)大(dà)了(le)，我(wǒ)一(yí)个(gè)人(rén)搬(bān)不(bu)动(dòng)。

This box is too big; I can't move it by myself.

02

他(tā)比(bǐ)我(wǒ)大(dà)三(sān)岁(suì)，已(yǐ)经(jīng)参(cān)加(jiā)工(gōng)作(zuò)了(le)。

He is three years older than me and has already started working.

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