| 大 | dà | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
| 大 | dài | doctor |
| 广大 | guǎng dà | (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family; great expert |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous |
| 大小 | dà xiǎo | dimension; magnitude; size; measurement; large and small; adults and children; consideration of seniority |
| 最大 | zuì dà | biggest; largest; maximum |
| 伟大 | wěi dà | great; mighty; large |
| 扩大 | kuò dà | to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope |
| 大会 | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting; convention; CL:个,届 |
| 大大 | dà dà | greatly; enormously; uncle |
| 大部 | dà bù | most of; the majority of sth |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important; major; significant |
| 增大 | zēng dà | to enlarge; to amplify; to magnify |
| 巨大 | jù dà | huge; immense; very large; tremendous; gigantic; enormous |
| 大队 | dà duì | group; a large body of; production brigade; military group |
| 大多数 | dà duō shù | (great) majority |
| 大学 | dà xué | university; college; CL:所; the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism |
| 大批 | dà pī | large quantities of |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately; about |
| 极大 | jí dà | maximum; enormous |
| 大于 | dà yú | greater than; bigger than |
| 大力 | dà lì | energetically; vigorously |
| 强大 | qiáng dà | large; formidable; powerful; strong |
| 放大 | fàng dà | to enlarge; to magnify |
| 文化大革命 | Wén huà Dà gé mìng | Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) |
| 大豆 | dà dòu | soybean |
| 大臣 | dà chén | chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister |
| 大型 | dà xíng | large; large-scale |
| 大人 | dà ren | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors |
| 大庆 | Dà qìng | Daqing prefecture level city in Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 in northeast China |
| 大概 | dà gài | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about |
| 大规模 | dà guī mó | large scale; extensive; wide scale; broad scale |
| 大致 | dà zhì | more or less; roughly; approximately |
| 大地 | dà dì | earth; mother earth |
| 意大利 | Yì dà lì | Italy; Italian |
| 大陆 | dà lù | continent; mainland (esp. of China); mainland China; refers to People's Republic of China 中华人民共和国; CL:个 |
| 大使 | dà shǐ | ambassador; envoy; CL:名,位 |
| 斯大林 | Sī dà lín | Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator |
| 加大 | jiā dà | to increase (e.g. one's effort) |
| 大体 | dà tǐ | in general; more or less; in rough terms; basically; on the whole |
| 大气 | dà qì | atmosphere; heavy breathing; magnanimity |
| 大气压 | dà qì yā | atmospheric pressure |
| 人大 | Rén dà | (Chinese) National People's Congress; abbr. for 全国人民代表大会 |
| 大事 | dà shì | major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件,桩 |
| 大寨 | dà zhài | Dazhai |
| 大众 | dà zhòng | the masses; the great bulk of the population; popular (of music, science etc); Volkswagen (automobile manufacturer) |
| 放大器 | fàng dà qì | amplifier |
| 大门 | dà mén | entrance; door; gate |
| 超级大国 | chāo jí dà guó | superpower |