| 大和 | Dà hé | Yamato (possibly 3rd century AD), Japanese state before written records began in 7th century AD, its real dating is controversial |
| 大火 | dà huǒ | conflagration; large fire; CL:场 |
| 大丰 | Dà fēng | Dafeng county level city in Yancheng 盐城, Jiangsu |
| 大楼 | dà lóu | large building; CL:幢,座 |
| 肥大 | féi dà | loose fitting clothes; fat; stout; swelling (of internal organ); hypertrophy |
| 莫大 | mò dà | greatest; most important |
| 大伙儿 | dà huǒr | erhua variant of 大伙 |
| 大麻 | dà má | hemp (Cannabis sativa); cannabis; marijuana |
| 大体上 | dà tǐ shàng | overall; in general terms |
| 大鼓 | dà gǔ | big bass drum |
| 特大 | tè dà | exceptionally big |
| 大理 | dà lǐ | judicial officer; justice of the peace (old); Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州 in Yunnan |
| 大白菜 | dà bái cài | bok choy; Chinese cabbage; Brassica pekinensis; CL:棵 |
| 大雪 | Dà xuě | Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 7th-21st December |
| 大败 | dà bài | to defeat; to inflict a defeat on sb |
| 大兴 | dà xīng | to go in for something in a big way; to undertake on a large scale; Daxing district of Beijing, formerly Daxing county |
| 大黄 | dài huáng | rhubarb |
| 人民大会堂 | rén mín dà huì táng | Great Hall of the People, at Tiananmen Square |
| 大指 | dà zhǐ | first (index) finger; big toe |
| 大院 | dà yuàn | courtyard (surrounded by many buildings); compound; great institution |
| 老大爷 | lǎo dà yé | uncle; grandpa; CL:位 |
| 胆大 | dǎn dà | daring; bold; audacious |
| 大计 | dà jì | large scale program of lasting importance; project of paramount importance; to think big; annual national audit |
| 宏大 | hóng dà | great; grand; massive |
| 大写 | dà xiě | capital letters; uppercase letters; block letters; banker's anti-fraud numerals |
| 大义 | dà yì | righteousness; virtuous cause; a woman's marriage; main points of a piece of writing |
| 放大镜 | fàng dà jìng | magnifying glass |
| 大便 | dà biàn | to defecate; excrement; feces |
| 大运河 | Dà yùn hé | the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC |
| 大洲 | dà zhōu | continents |
| 大锅饭 | dà guō fàn | lit. big rice pan; communal feeding; fig. egalitarianism (equal treatment for everyone in same institution) |
| 大名 | dà míng | great name; your name (honorary); one's formal personal name; Daming county in Handan 邯郸, Hebei |
| 大将军 | dà jiāng jūn | important general; generalissimo |
| 大梁 | Dà liáng | capital of Wei 魏 during Warring states; CL:根 |
| 大理石 | dà lǐ shí | marble |
| 大型企业 | dà xíng qǐ yè | large scale industry; major industry |
| 大声疾呼 | dà shēng jí hū | to call loudly (idiom); to get people's attention; to make one's views known |
| 大功 | dà gōng | great merit; great service |
| 大喜 | dà xǐ | exultation |
| 大无畏 | dà wú wèi | utterly fearless |
| 大刀 | dà dāo | broadsword; large knife; machete |
| 大坝 | dà bà | dam |
| 大众化 | dà zhòng huà | mass-oriented; to cater for the masses; popularized |
| 大观 | Dà guān | Daguan district of Anqing city 安庆市, Anhui |
| 大马士革 | Dà mǎ shì gé | Damascus, capital of Syria |
| 大公无私 | dà gōng wú sī | the common good above everything without no regard for personal interests (idiom); to behave altruistically; impartial and selfless; just and fair |
| 大湖 | Dà hú | Dahu or Tahu township in Miaoli county 苗栗县, northwest Taiwan |
| 大雅 | dà yǎ | one of the three main divisions of the Book of Song 诗经; Taya township in Taichung county 台中县, Taiwan |
| 大调 | dà diào | major key (in music) |
| 哈佛大学 | Hā fó dà xué | Harvard University |
