Zi:大

大 [dà] big, great; 大家 dàjiā everybody; (radical 37, 大部) [dài] 大夫 dàifu doctor; (HDZ:) …; 代; 待 [tài] 太: 泰

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

►dà* 大 {A} s.v. ①big; great; high; tall; vast ②much; very ③old ‖ Tā duō ∼? 他多∼? How old is he? ④eldest ⑤adult ◆n. 〈environment:〉 topo. father ◆cons. ① ∼ V tè V big/great/etc. V ‖ ∼ cuò tè cuò ∼错特错 gross error ② ∼ A ∼ B used with two monosyllabic nouns, verbs, or stative verbs related in meaning to indicate high degree ‖ ∼yú-∼ròu bǎile yī̠ mǎn zhuō. ∼鱼∼肉摆了一满桌。 The table was filled with lots of meat and fish.
►⁹dài 大 {E} b.f. person of importance ►dàifu 大夫

The Shuōwén Seal form of 大 dà ‘big (man)’ is said to depict a person in frontal view, standing up straight with legs/feet apart and arms stretched out: the arms spread wide indicate a great/large quantity (maximum arm-span; cf. fathom: span of a man's outstretched arms); formerly also wr. 亣 depicting a man with broad shoulders (a distinct old component form, later wr. 大).
    Compare: 交, 夫, 立(𡗓), 央, 奘, 耎, 㚖, 奚, 奕, 𡚇.
    Compare: 太(夳冭) tài ‘great; extreme’; 天 tiān ‘heaven/sky’; 美 měi ‘beautiful’; 文 wén ‘decorative lines’ (as in 纹, 彣, 忞); 夾 jiā ‘press/squeeze’; 亦(𡗕) yì ‘sides; besides’ (腋).
    Compare: 泰(𡙌) tài ‘slippery’ (䷊); 汰(汏) tài ‘wash away’; 去(㚎) qù; 盍(𥁋盇) hé/gài; 夶(比) bǐ; 並(竝𠀤) bìng.
    Compare: 人(儿) rén ‘person’ (which depicted a person as seen in profile).
    HDZ: 大 : dà : 在面积、体积、容量、数量、力量、强度、年龄、重要性等超过一般或超过所比对象 (ant. 小); 在程度、规模、声势、时间等方面超过所比对象; (思想、品德) 高尚, (知识、著作等) 渊博, (技艺、技巧等) 精湛 (艺术大师; 语言大师; 贻笑大方); 尊重, 推崇; (敬词) (尊姓大名, 大作); 极, 很; 年辈较长或排行第一的; 夸大, 自夸; (古) 下一辈对上一辈 (大父: 祖父, 大母: 祖母); (方言) 父亲 (cf. 爹爹); (方言) 伯父, 叔父; (旧) (简称) 大钱, 钱币; (副词) 大体上, 大约; 再 (大前天, 大后日); 用在时间或节令前表示强调 (大热天; 大年初一; 大礼拜天); (姓) • dài : 山大王、大夫 (医生) (cf. 大医); 代 (世代; 代替); 待: 等待 • tài : 太/泰: (太极, 太子, 太上, 太誓, 太王王季, 太上皇, 太后)
►references: Guǎngyùn:380.23,419.33; Wieger:60a; Karlgren:AD952,GSR317a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:1.520.1; Lindqvist:27; Mathews:5943; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:248.01; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:002.1.06; Wáng(1993):3; EDOC:1
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