大 dà

1. dà adjective big / great / huge / large / major
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   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).
2. dà noun Kangxi radical 37
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)
3. dài proper noun Dai
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   
4. dà noun an element
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '大' 3)
5. dà noun size
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   Notes: For example, what is the size of the dog? 狗多大？(CED '大'; NCCED '大' 2)
6. dà adjective old
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Time
   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.
7. dà adverb greatly
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Scale
   Notes: For example, greatly terrified 大怖 (ABC 'dà' v 1; CED '大' 7; GHC '大' 6; NCCED '大' 4)
8. dà adjective oldest
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   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)
9. dà noun adult
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Society
   Notes: As in 大人 (NCCED '大' 6)
10. tài adverb greatest / grand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Kroll 2015 '大')
11. dài noun an important person
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: As in 大夫 'doctor' (ABC 'dài'; CED '大'; NCCED '大')
12. dà foreign da
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Foreign Language
    Notes: Used to transliterate foreign names
13. tài adverb greatest / grand
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: Same as 太 (GHC '大' 7; Kroll 2015 '大')

Contained in

• 大佛顶经(大佛頂經) Śūraṅgama Sūtra / Shurangama Sutra
• 大吉祥天女十二名号经(大吉祥天女十二名號經) Mahāśrīsūtra / Da Jixiang Tian Nu Shi Er Minghao Jing ; Mahāśrīsūtra / Da Jixiang Tian Nu Shi Er Minghao Jing
• 大般涅槃经(大般涅槃經) Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra / The Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra ; Mahāparinibbānasutta / Nirvāṇa Sutta ; Mahapariniravana Sutra
• 大宝积经(大寶積經) Maharatnakuta Sutra / Ratnakūṭasūtra / Mahāratnakūṭasūtra / The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra
• 大拘稀罗经(大拘稀羅經) Mahākoṭṭhita
• 大轮金刚修行悉地成就及供养法(大輪金剛修行悉地成就及供養法) Da Lun Jingang Xiuxing Xi Di Chengjiu Ji Gongyang Fa
• 大觉(大覺) supreme bodhi / enlightenment
• 大乐金刚不空真实三昧耶经般若波罗蜜多理趣释(大樂金剛不空真實三昧耶經般若波羅蜜多理趣釋) Dale Jingang Bu Kong Zhenshi Sanmei Ye Jing Boreboluomiduo Li Qu Shi
• 一大事 a great undertaking
• 大方广入如来智德不思议经(大方廣入如來智德不思議經) Tathāgataguṇajñānācintyaviṣayāvatāranirdeśasūtra / Dafangguang Ru Rulai Zhi De Bu Siyi Jing
• 心怀大千(心懷大千) Embrace the Whole World
• 大辩才天女(大辯才天女) Sarasvati Devi / Saraswati
• 大毘卢遮那成佛神变加持经莲华胎藏悲生曼荼罗广大成就仪轨供养方便会(大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經蓮華胎藏悲生曼荼羅廣大成就儀軌供養方便會) Da Piluzhena Cheng Fo Shenbian Jia Chi Jing Lianhua Tai Cang Bei Sheng Mantuluo Guangda Chengjiu Yi Gui Gongyang Fangbian Hui
• 大乘八大曼拏罗经(大乘八大曼拏羅經) Aṣṭa maṇḍalaka sūtra
• 生忍法忍无生忍 您好我好大家好(生忍法忍無生忍 您好我好大家好) Ordinary, Dharma, and Non-Arising Dharmas Tolerance; You, I, and everyone is good.
• 慈风吹大地 佛法满人间(慈風吹大地 佛法滿人間) May the breeze of compassion embrace the Earth; May the world be filled with Dharma.
• 大般涅槃经集解(大般涅槃經集解) Da Ban Niepan Jing Ji Jie
• 大方广宝箧经(大方廣寶篋經) Ratnakāraṇḍa / Dafangguang Bao Qie Jing
• 独坐大雄峯(獨坐大雄峯) to sit alone on a great mountain
• 大乘法界无差别论疏(大乘法界無差別論疏) Commentary on Mahāyāna Dharmadhātu Advaya Treatise
• 佛光大藏经·声闻藏(佛光大藏經·聲聞藏) Fo Guang Buddhist Canon: Sravaka Canon
• 佛为娑伽罗龙王所说大乘经(佛為娑伽羅龍王所說大乘經) Sāgaranāgarājaparipṛcchā / Fo Wei Suo Jia Luo Long Wang Suo Shuo Dasheng Jing
• 大圆(大圓) great circle ; the sky ; Daewon ; Daewon
• 大愿地藏菩萨(大願地藏菩薩) Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva of the Great Vow / Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva / Earth Store Bodhisattva
• 大悲经(大悲經) Mahā-karuṇā-puṇḍarīka
• 大王 king ; magnate / person having expert skill in something ; great king / mahārāja

Also contained in

大青山 、 人大 、 大牢 、 大元一统志 、 大部分 、 医科大学 、 大火 、 大田 、 大错特错 、 大寒 、 大将 、 大名鼎鼎 、 大湖 、 大司农 、 大钞 、 大兴安岭山脉 、 大航海时代 、 大道具 、 噪大苇莺 、 大城县 、 大奸似忠 、 大度包容 、 胸大无脑 、 大吉 、 多层大厦

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 4 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 267
• 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: 213
• Scroll 1 Shijia Pu 釋迦譜 — count: 181
• Scroll 7 Chuan Fa Zhengzong Ji 傳法正宗記 — count: 164
• Scroll 27 Zhen Yuan Xin Ding Shijiao Mulu 貞元新定釋教目錄 — count: 144
• 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: 139
• Scroll 3 Si Fen Lu Shan Fan Bu Que Xingshi Chao 四分律刪繁補闕行事鈔 — count: 139
• Scroll 2 Mahāmeghasūtra (Da Fangdeng Wuxiang Jing) 大方等無想經 — count: 139

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
• 大果报 (大果報) 得大果報 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 11
• 大威力 (大威力) 諸天大威力 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — 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
• 大善见 (大善見) 此國有王名大善見 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 3 — count: 6
• 诸天大 (諸天大) 諸天大威力 — Dīrghāgama 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 6