big in Chinese

How to write 大

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大 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

大 in a sentence

• 这zhè个gè苹píng果guǒ很hěn大dà。

  This apple is big.

• 中zhōng国guó是shì一yī个gè大dà国guó。

  China is a big country.

• 大dà象xiàng很hěn大dà。

  Elephants are big.

• 这zhè是shì一yī个gè大dà问wèn题tí。

  This is a big problem.

大 vs 小 vs 高

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 小 xiǎo small; little

  The antonym pair — they even combine: 大小 'size'.

• 高 gāo tall; high

  For a person's height use 高, not 大 — 他很高 'he is tall' (*他很大 sounds off).