| 大员 | dà yuán | high official |
| 大略 | dà lüè | a broad outline; the general idea; roughly |
| 大钱 | dà qián | high denomination of banknotes or coins; lots of money; a big sum (e.g. a bribe) |
| 大陆架 | dà lù jià | continental shelf |
| 大别山 | Dà bié shān | Dabie mountain range on the borders of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces |
| 大坂 | Dà bǎn | old name for Ōsaka 大阪 (city in Japan), changed in the beginning of the Meiji 明治 Era because 坂 could, if the radicals were read separately, be interpreted as "(will) return to soil" |
| 大张旗鼓 | dà zhāng qí gǔ | fanfare |
| 大兴安岭 | Dà xīng ān lǐng | Daxing'anling mountain range in northwest Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 in northeast China; Daxing'anling prefecture |
| 扩大化 | kuò dà huà | to extend the scope; to exaggerate |
| 大安 | Dà ān | Da'an or Ta'an district of Taipei City 台北市, Taiwan; Ta'an township in Taichung county 台中县, Taiwan; Da'an county level city in Baicheng 白城, Jilin |
| 大昭寺 | Dà zhāo sì | Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism |
| 大用 | dà yòng | to put sb in powerful position; to empower |
| 大蒜 | dà suàn | garlic |
| 大肠 | dà cháng | the large intestine |
| 大志 | dà zhì | high aims |
| 大要 | dà yào | abstract; gist; main points |
| 大错 | dà cuò | blunder |
| 夜大学 | yè dà xué | evening college |
| 大喊大叫 | dà hǎn dà jiào | shouting and screaming (idiom); to scream loudly; to rant; to kick up a racket; to conduct vigorous propaganda |
| 大赦 | dà shè | amnesty; general pardon |
| 自大 | zì dà | arrogant |
| 大数 | dà shù | a large number; Tarsus, Mediterranean city in Turkey, the birthplace of St Paul |
| 大有可为 | dà yǒu kě wéi | with great prospects for the future (idiom); well worth doing |
| 大林 | Dà lín | Dalin or Talin town in Chiayi county 嘉义县, west Taiwan |
| 大殿 | dà diàn | main hall of a Buddhist temple |
| 大解 | dà jiě | to defecate; to empty one's bowels |
| 大户 | dà hù | great family; rich family; large landlord; conspicuous spender or consumer |
| 大料 | dà liào | Chinese anise; star anise |
| 大肠杆菌 | dà cháng gǎn jūn | Escherichia coli (E. coli) |
| 大惊小怪 | dà jīng xiǎo guài | much fuss about nothing |
| 清华大学 | Qīng huá Dà xué | Tsing Hua or Qinghua University, Beijing; National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| 光明正大 | guāng míng zhèng dà | just and honorable; open and aboveboard; without tricks (idiom) |
| 大主教 | dà zhǔ jiào | archbishop; primate (of a church); metropolitan |
| 大港 | Dà gǎng | Dagang former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district 滨海新区 |
| 大同小异 | dà tóng xiǎo yì | virtually the same; differing only on small points |
| 北京大学 | Běi jīng Dà xué | Beijing university |
| 大渡河 | Dà dù hé | Dadu river in Sichuan |
| 大脚 | dà jiǎo | bigfoot (mythological animal popular in the US) |
| 浩大 | hào dà | vast; great; large amount |
| 大尉 | dà wèi | captain (army rank); senior captain |
| 大洋洲 | Dà yáng Zhōu | Oceania |
| 大粪 | dà fèn | human excrement; night soil (human manure traditionally used as agricultural fertilizer) |
| 大难 | dà nàn | great catastrophe |
| 亚历山大 | Yà lì shān dà | Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name) |
| 大新 | Dà xīn | Daxin county in Chongzuo 崇左, Guangxi |
| 大通 | Dà tōng | Datong district of Huainan city 淮南市, Anhui; Datong Hui and Tu autonomous county in Xining 西宁, Qinghai |
| 大黄鱼 | dà huáng yú | Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking |
| 大竹 | Dà zhú | Dazhu county in Dazhou 达州, Sichuan |
| 罪大恶极 | zuì dà è jí | lit. crime is great, evil extreme (idiom) |
| 顾全大局 | gù quán dà jú | to take the big picture into consideration (idiom); to work for the benefits of all |
