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.
Initial d · final a · hear the four tones and see example characters →
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | 打岔 | dǎ chà | v | interruption; to interrupt (esp. talk); to change the subject | |
| 102 | 大雁 | dà yàn | n | wild goose | |
| 103 | 大公无私 | dà gōng wú sī | v | selfless; impartial | |
| 104 | 大包大揽 | dà bāo dà lǎn | v | to take complete charge (idiom) | |
| 105 | 大模大样 | dà mú dà yàng | l | boldly; ostentatiously; poised; self-assured; Taiwan pr. [dà mó dà yàng] | |
| 106 | 打盹儿 | dǎ dǔn r | erhua variant of 打盹; to doze off | ||
| 107 | 打篮球 | dǎ lán qiú | to play basketball | ||
| 108 | 大数据 | dà shù jù | big data (computing) | ||
| 109 | 大腕儿 | dà wàn r | erhua variant of 大腕; (coll.) big name; (coll.) big shot |
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