Big in Chinese (Mandarin): 大 (dà)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 大

• 大

  Big. A person with arms stretched wide.

  3 strokes

Fourth tone, falling. 大 is in many words: 大人 (dàrén) is a grown-up and 大象 (dàxiàng) is an elephant.

More examples with 大

• 这只狗很大。

  這隻狗很大。

  Zhè zhī gǒu hěn dà.

  This dog is big.

• 我长大了。

  我長大了。

  Wǒ zhǎng dà le.

  I have grown up.

How to write 大 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.