# 大 (dà): big | HSK 1 Vocabulary | HSKReady

Canonical: https://hskready.app/en/vocabulary/hsk-1/da-0025
Language: en
Content ID: hsk-1-0025
HSK levels: 1
Updated: 2026-10-23T04:37:51.591Z
Scope: approved public sample; full vocabulary, question bank and mock exams remain in the app.

Learn 大 (dà), HSK 1: big; large; great; major; old (older/elder). Hear standard pronunciation and read a Chinese example with its English meaning.

# 大

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dà

big; large; great; major; old (older/elder)

HSK 1

## Pronunciation

dà

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## Example sentence

这个箱子很大。

zhège xiāngzi hěn dà.

This box is very big.

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