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Words starting with D

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达dáto attain; to reach答dābound form having the same meaning as the free word 答[dá], used in 答應|答应[dā ying], 答理[dā li] etc打dádozen (loanword)大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person)答案dá ànanswer; solution大巴dà bā(coll.) large bus; coach打败dǎ bàito defeat; to overpower大部分dà bù fenin large part; the greater part打车dǎ chēto take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift大大dà dàgreatly; enormously达到dá dàoto reach; to achieve; to attain打电话dǎ diàn huàto make a telephone call大多dà duōfor the most part; many大多数dà duō shù(great) majority大方dà fāngexpert; scholar大夫dà fūsenior official (in imperial China)大概dà gàiroughly; probably大哥dà gēeldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself)打工dǎ gōngto work a temporary or casual job; (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation大规模dà guī mólarge scale; extensive大海dà hǎisea; ocean大会dà huìgeneral assembly; general meeting大家dà jiāeveryone; influential family大姐dà jiěbig sister; elder sister打开dǎ kāito open; to show (a ticket)打雷dǎ léito rumble with thunder; clap of thunder大量dà liànggreat amount; large quantity大楼dà lóubuilding (a relatively large, multistory one); CL:幢[zhuàng],座[zuò]大陆dà lùcontinent; mainland; CL:個|个[gè],塊|块[kuài]大妈dà māfather's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)大门dà ménentrance; door打破dǎ pòto break; to smash打球dǎ qiúto play ball; to play with a ball大人dà renadult; grownup打扫dǎ sǎoto clean; to sweep大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice大使馆dà shǐ guǎnembassy; CL:座[zuò],個|个[gè]打算dǎ suànto plan; to intendIn context打听dǎ tingto ask about; to make some inquiries大小dà xiǎolarge and small; size大型dà xínglarge; large-scale大学dà xuéuniversity; college大学生dà xué shēnguniversity student; college student大爷dà yéarrogant idler; self-centered show-off大衣dà yīovercoat; topcoat打印dǎ yìnto affix a seal; to stamp答应dā yingto answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise大约dà yuēapproximately; probably打折dǎ zhéto give a discount打针dǎ zhēnto give or have an injection大众dà zhòngthe masses; the great bulk of the population大自然dà zì ránnature (the natural world)代dàito substitute; to act on behalf of others带dàiband; belt待dāito stay袋dàipouch; bag戴dàito put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect代表dài biǎorepresentative; delegate代表团dài biǎo tuándelegation; CL:個|个[gè]带动dài dòngto spur; to provide impetus; to drive