| 大 | dà | big; huge; large; major; great; wide; deep; oldest; eldest |
| 大 | dài | doctor |
| 连 | lián | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military); surname Lian |
| 外 | wài | outside; in addition; foreign; external |
| 国 | guó | country; nation; state; national; CL:个; surname Guo |
| 语 | yǔ | dialect; language; speech |
| 语 | yù | to tell to |
| 学 | xué | learn; study; science; -ology |
| 大连 | Dà lián | Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China |
| 外国语 | wài guó yǔ | a foreign language |
| 大学 | dà xué | university; college; CL:所; the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism |
