| 大脑 | dà nǎo | brain; cerebrum |
| 大胆 | dà dǎn | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless |
| 大多 | dà duō | for the most part; many; most; the greater part; mostly |
| 加拿大 | Jiā ná dà | Canada; Canadian |
| 大妈 | dà mā | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) |
| 大娘 | dà niáng | (informal) father's older brother's wife; aunt (polite address) |
| 大使馆 | dà shǐ guǎn | embassy; CL:座,个 |
| 大一 | dà yī | first-year university student |
| 高大 | gāo dà | tall; lofty |
| 大有 | dà yǒu | plentiful (e.g. harvest) |
| 长大 | zhǎng dà | to grow up |
| 大夫 | dài fu | doctor; minister of state (in pre-Han states); CL:个,位 |
| 庞大 | páng dà | huge; enormous; tremendous |
| 大幅度 | dà fú dù | by a wide margin; substantial |
| 大总统 | dà zǒng tǒng | president (of a country); same as 总统 |
| 大西洋 | Dà xī yáng | Atlantic Ocean |
| 大跃进 | dà yuè jìn | the Great Leap Forward (1958-1960), in retrospect widely viewed as an unprecedented economic and social disaster, with estimated 20 million people dying of starvation |
| 大爷 | dà yé | arrogant idler; self-centred show-off |
| 大爷 | dà ye | (informal) father's older brother; uncle; term of respect for older man |
| 壮大 | zhuàng dà | to expand; to strengthen |
| 大哥 | dà gē | eldest brother |
| 大革命 | dà gé mìng | great revolution |
| 大炮 | dà pào | big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big; trad. form 大炮 also used; CL:门,尊 |
| 大连 | Dà lián | Dalian subprovincial city in Liaoning province 辽宁省 in northeast China |
| 大权 | dà quán | power; authority |
| 大同 | Dà tóng | Datong or Great community in neo-Confucian philosophy, sim. New Jerusalem; Datong or Tatung district of Taipei City 台北市, Taiwan; Datong prefecture level city in Shanxi 山西; Datong or Tatung township in Yilan county 宜兰县, Taiwan |
| 大半 | dà bàn | more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely |
| 第二次世界大战 | Dì èr Cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn | World War II |
| 四大 | sì dà | the four elements: earth, water, fire, and wind (Buddhism); the four freedoms: speaking out freely, airing views fully, holding great debates, and writing big-character posters, 大鸣大放, 大辩论, 大字报 (PRC) |
| 大姐 | dà jiě | big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) |
| 大伯 | dà bó | husband's older brother; brother-in-law |
| 大道 | dà dào | main street; avenue |
| 大学生 | dà xué shēng | university student; college student |
| 大城 | Dà chéng | Dacheng county in Langfang 廊坊, Hebei; Tacheng township in Changhua county 彰化县, Taiwan |
| 大风 | dà fēng | gale; CL:场 |
| 大肆 | dà sì | wantonly; without restraint (of enemy or malefactor); unbridled |
| 大街 | dà jiē | street; main street; CL:条 |
| 澳大利亚 | Ào dà lì yà | Australia; Australian; same as 澳洲 |
| 大修 | dà xiū | overhaul |
| 绝大部分 | jué dà bù fen | overwhelming majority |
| 大嫂 | dà sǎo | older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) |
| 大田 | Dà tián | Datian county in Sanming 三明, Fujian; Daejeon Metropolitan City, capital of South Chungcheong Province 忠清南道, South Korea |
| 大作 | dà zuò | to make sth big of it; sudden big and impressive event (sound, flash, burst, wind); to exaggerate |
| 大分子 | dà fēn zǐ | macromolecule (chemistry) |
| 大路 | dà lù | avenue; CL:条 |
| 联大 | Lián Dà | United Nations General Assembly; abbr. for 联合国大会 |
| 大自然 | dà zì rán | nature (the natural world) |
| 老大 | lǎo dà | old age; very; eldest child in a family; leader of a group; boss; captain of a boat; leader of a criminal gang |
| 大关 | dà guān | (reach a) critical point |
| 大衣 | dà yī | overcoat; topcoat; cloak; CL:件 |
