Chinese words starting with “da”
109 words in our HSK vocabulary start with the syllable da. They are sorted by how common they are, so the ones you are most likely to meet come first. The 30 most useful of them have their own page — they are listed first below.
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- 1st tone 5
- 2nd tone 5
- 3rd tone 32
- 4th tone 67
Word counts by tone are counted on the first syllable of each word.
Common words with this syllable
- 大家dà jiāHSK 2
everyone; influential family; great expert
- 大学dà xuéHSK 1
university; college
- 打开dǎ kāiHSK 1
to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on
- 打电话dǎ diàn huàHSK 1
to make a telephone call
- 达到dá dàoHSK 3
to reach; to achieve; to attain
- 打算dǎ suànHSK 2
to plan; to intend; to calculate; plan; intention; calculation
- 大概dà gàiHSK 3
roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- 大量dà liàngHSK 2
great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous
- 大部分dà bù fenHSK 2
in large part; the greater part; the majority
- 答案dá ànHSK 4
answer; solution
- 大多数dà duō shùHSK 2
(great) majority
- 答应dā yingHSK 2
to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise
- 大约dà yuēHSK 3
approximately; probably
- 大人dà renHSK 2
adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors
- 打破dǎ pòHSK 3
to break; to smash
- 大声dà shēngHSK 2
loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly
- 大大dà dàHSK 2
greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle
- 大门dà ménHSK 2
entrance; door; gate; large and influential family
- 大小dà xiǎoHSK 2
dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; at any rate; adults and children; consideration of seniority
- 大学生dà xué shēngHSK 1
university student; college student
- 打工dǎ gōngHSK 2
to work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
- 打球dǎ qiúHSK 1
to play ball; to play with a ball
- 大海dà hǎiHSK 2
sea; ocean
- 大衣dà yīHSK 2
overcoat; topcoat; cloak
All 109 words
| # | Word | Pinyin | POS | Meaning | Study list |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 大 | dà | a,d,n,g | big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 姐); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother) | |
| 2 | 打 | dǎ | v | to beat; to strike; to hit; to break; to type; to mix up; to build; to fight; to fetch; to make; to tie up; to issue; to shoot; to calculate; to play (a game); since; from | |
| 3 | 打击 | dǎ jī | v,vn | to hit; to strike; to attack; to crack down on sth; blow; (psychological) shock; percussion (music) | |
| 4 | 搭 | dā | v | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 | |
| 5 | 大会 | dà huì | n | general assembly; general meeting; convention | |
| 6 | 达成 | dá chéng | v,vn | to reach (an agreement); to accomplish | |
| 7 | 答 | dá | v | to answer; to reply; to respond | |
| 8 | 大赛 | dà sài | vn | grand contest | |
| 9 | 大型 | dà xíng | b | large; large-scale | |
| 10 | 大师 | dà shī | n | great master; master | |
| 11 | 大脑 | dà nǎo | n | brain; cerebrum | |
| 12 | 大事 | dà shì | n | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way | |
| 13 | 大哥 | dà gē | n | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 14 | 大街 | dà jiē | n | street; main street | |
| 15 | 大众 | dà zhòng | n,nz | the masses; the great bulk of the population; popular (of music, science etc) | |
| 16 | 大厅 | dà tīng | n | hall; lounge | |
| 17 | 大楼 | dà lóu | n | building (a relatively large, multistory one) | |
| 18 | 大陆 | dà lù | n | continent; mainland | |
| 19 | 大道 | dà dào | n | main street; avenue | |
| 20 | 打扮 | dǎ ban | v,n | to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress | |
| 21 | 大胆 | dà dǎn | a,ad | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless | |
| 22 | 打扰 | dǎ rǎo | v | to disturb; to bother; to trouble | |
| 23 | 搭配 | dā pèi | v,vn | to pair up; to match; to arrange in pairs; to add sth into a group | |
| 24 | 大厦 | dà shà | n | (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) | |
| 25 | 搭档 | dā dàng | n,v | to cooperate; partner | |
| 26 | 打败 | dǎ bài | v | to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated | |
| 27 | 大规模 | dà guī mó | b,d | large scale; extensive; wide scale; broad scale | |
| 28 | 大使 | dà shǐ | n | ambassador; envoy | |
| 29 | 打架 | dǎ jià | v,vn | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 30 | 打造 | dǎ zào | v | to create; to build; to develop; to forge (of metal) | |
| 31 | 大多 | dà duō | d,m | for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly | |
| 32 | 大力 | dà lì | d,n | energetically; vigorously | |
| 33 | 大地 | dà dì | n | earth; mother earth | |
| 34 | 打断 | dǎ duàn | v | to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) | |
| 35 | 打扫 | dǎ sǎo | v | to clean; to sweep | |
| 36 | 答复 | dá fù | v,vn | to answer; to reply; Reply to: (in email header) | |
| 37 | 打动 | dǎ dòng | v | to move (to pity); arousing (sympathy); touching | |
| 38 | 打包 | dǎ bāo | v,vn | to wrap; to pack; to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out; (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file) | |
| 39 | 大方 | dà fāng | a | expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea | |
| 40 | 大气 | dà qì | n | atmosphere (surrounding the earth); imposing; impressive; stylish | |
| 41 | 打招呼 | dǎ zhāo hu | v,vn | to greet sb by word or action; to give prior notice | |
| 42 | 打倒 | dǎ dǎo | v | to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... ! | |
| 43 | 大不了 | dà bù liǎo | v,b | at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming | |
| 44 | 打仗 | dǎ zhàng | v | to fight a battle; to go to war | |
| 45 | 打交道 | dǎ jiāo dào | v | to come into contact with; to have dealings | |
| 46 | 大致 | dà zhì | d,b | more or less; roughly; approximately | |
| 47 | 大臣 | dà chén | n | chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister | |
| 48 | 大象 | dà xiàng | n | elephant | |
| 49 | 大局 | dà jú | n | overall situation; the big picture | |
| 50 | 大爷 | dà ye | n | (coll.) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man |
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