大
dà
Meaning
- big · large · great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐 dà jiě)
- greatly · freely · fully
- father
- uncle (father's brother)
Example sentences
我的比你的大。
wǒ de bǐ nǐ de dà。
Mine is bigger than yours.
那是很大的。
nà shì hěn dà de。
That's very big.
我大他一岁。
wǒ dà tā yī suì。
I'm one year older than him.
这一年他在学习上有很大的进步。
zhè yī nián tā zài xué xí shàng yǒu hěn dà de jìn bù。
This year, he improved greatly on the education front.
他姐姐比我哥哥大。
tā jiě jie bǐ wǒ gē ge dà。
His elder sister is older than my eldest brother.