| 大炮 | dà pào | big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; trad. form 大炮 also used; CL:门,尊 |
| 大连 | Dà lián | Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China |
| 大权 | dà quán | power; authority |
| 大同 | Dà tóng | Datong or Great community in neo-Confucian philosophy, sim. New Jerusalem; Datong or Tatung district of Taipei City 台北市, Taiwan; Datong prefecture level city in Shanxi 山西; Datong or Tatung township in Yilan county 宜兰县, Taiwan |
| 大半 | dà bàn | more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely |
| 大姐 | dà jiě | big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) |
| 大伯 | dà bó | husband's older brother; brother-in-law |
| 大道 | dà dào | main street; avenue |
| 大学生 | dà xué shēng | university student; college student |
| 大城 | Dà chéng | Dacheng county in Langfang 廊坊, Hebei; Tacheng township in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 大风 | dà fēng | gale; CL:场 |
| 大肆 | dà sì | wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled |
| 大街 | dà jiē | street; main street; CL:条 |
| 大修 | dà xiū | overhaul |
| 大嫂 | dà sǎo | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) |
| 大田 | Dà tián | Datian county in Sanming 三明, Fujian; Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道, South Korea |
| 大作 | dà zuò | to make sth big of it; sudden big and impressive event (sound, flash, burst, wind); to exaggerate |
| 大分子 | dà fēn zǐ | macromolecule (chemistry) |
| 大路 | dà lù | avenue; CL:条 |
| 大自然 | dà zì rán | nature (the natural world) |
| 大关 | dà guān | (reach a) critical point |
| 大衣 | dà yī | overcoat; topcoat; cloak; CL:件 |
| 大麦 | dà mài | barley |
| 大意 | dà yì | general idea; main idea |
| 大方 | dà fang | generous; magnanimous; stylish; in good taste; easy-mannered; natural and relaxed |
| 大米 | dà mǐ | rice |
| 大意 | dà yi | careless |
| 大方 | dà fāng | expert; scholar; mother earth; a type of green tea |
| 大腿 | dà tuǐ | thigh |
| 大部分 | dà bù fen | in large part; the greater part; the majority |
| 大局 | dà jú | general situation; present conditions |
| 大步 | dà bù | large strides |
| 大叔 | dà shū | uncle |
| 大圆 | dà yuán | great circle (in spherical geometry) |
| 大抵 | dà dǐ | in all |
| 大海 | dà hǎi | sea; ocean |
| 大业 | dà yè | great cause; great undertaking |
| 大宗 | dà zōng | large amount; staple; influential family of long standing |
| 大雨 | dà yǔ | heavy rain; CL: 场 |
| 大师 | dà shī | great master; master |
| 大水 | dà shuǐ | flood |
| 大都 | dà dū | metropolitan; Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing |
| 大都 | dà dōu | general; for the most part; on the whole |
| 大卡 | dà kǎ | kilocalorie |
| 大将 | dà jiàng | a general or admiral |
| 大气层 | dà qì céng | atmosphere |
| 大字报 | dà zì bào | big-character poster |
| 大河 | dà hé | large river (esp the Yellow River) |
| 大选 | dà xuǎn | general election |
| 大汉 | dà hàn | big person; the great Han dynasty |
