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大 dà dài tài

dà adjective big / great / huge / large / major
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale 规模
Notes: Middle Chinese: daH; the opposite of 小 'small'. For example, 大规模 'large scale.' Note that adjectives of size, like 大, must precede adjectives relating to shape. For example, 大黑马 'large black horse' (ABC 'dà' sv 1; CED '大' 1; GHC '大' 1; Kroll 2015 '大' 1; NCCED '大' 1; Sun 2006, loc. 1766).
dà noun Kangxi radical 37
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals 部首
Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
dài proper noun Dai
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names 名字 , Concept: Surname 姓氏
dà noun an element
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '大' 3)
dà noun size
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale 规模
Notes: For example, what is the size of the dog? 狗多大？(CED '大'; NCCED '大' 2)
dà adjective old
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time 时间
Notes: In the sense of 年长 (ABC 'dà' sv 3; CED '大' 6; GHC '大' 4; NCCED '大' 2). For example, as a very old age 年龄很大.
dà adverb greatly
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale 规模
Notes: For example, greatly terrified 大怖 (ABC 'dà' v 1; CED '大' 7; GHC '大' 6; NCCED '大' 4)
dà adjective oldest
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Affixes 附类
Notes: In this use, 大 is a 指大 'augmentative' prefix (Crystal 2008, 'augmentative'; Sun 2006, loc. 695). For example, big sister 大姐 (CED '大' 10; GHC '大' 5; NCCED '大' 5)
dà noun adult
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Society 社会
Notes: As in 大人 (NCCED '大' 6)
tài adverb greatest / grand
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Kroll 2015 '大')
dài noun an important person
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: As in 大夫 'doctor' (ABC 'dài'; CED '大'; NCCED '大')
dà foreign da
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language 外语
Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names
tài adverb greatest / grand
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Kroll 2015 '大')

Contained in

佛说八大人觉经(佛說八大人覺經) Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings ; Sūtra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings
大乘 Mahayana Buddhism / Mahāyāna / Mahāyāna Buddhism ; Mahayana / Great Vehicle
大师(大師) venerable master / great master / master ; 1. Venerable Master (when referring to Venerable Master Hsing Yun); 2. Master (for historical Buddhist masters)
四大 the four great seeds / the four great elements / mahābhūta
八大人觉(八大人覺) Sutra on the Eight Realizations of the Great Beings

Also contained in

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 《釋氏稽古略》 — count: 270
Scroll 98 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 《大般若波羅蜜多經》 — count: 216
Scroll 110 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 《大寶積經》 — count: 214
Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 《釋迦譜》 — count: 185
Scroll 7 Chuan Fa Zhengzong Ji 《傳法正宗記》 — count: 165
Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 《釋氏稽古略》 — count: 152
Scroll 27 Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu 《貞元新定釋教目錄》 — count: 144
Scroll 7 Fa Hua Yi Shu 《法華義疏》 — count: 142
Scroll 29 Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu 《貞元新定釋教目錄》 — count: 142
Scroll 2 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 《四分律行事鈔資持記》 — count: 142

Collocations

大祀 (大祀) 婆羅門欲設大祀 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 15 — count: 43
大婆罗门 (大婆羅門) 汝曾與諸耆舊長宿大婆羅門如是論耶 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 13 — count: 16
欲大 (欲大) 我今欲大祭祀 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 15 — count: 15
设大 (設大) 婆羅門欲設大祀 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 15 — count: 13
大名称 (大名稱) 妙法大名稱 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 1 — count: 11
大威力 (大威力) 諸天大威力 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 1 — count: 11
大果报 (大果報) 得大果報 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 2 — count: 11
大动 (大動) 地為大動 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 2 — count: 7
大患 (大患) 欲為大患 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 2 — count: 7
诸天大 (諸天大) 諸天大威力 — Dīrghāgama 《長阿含經》, Scroll 1 — count: 6