Meaning of 老大
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
lǎodà
- old age
- very
- eldest child in a family
- leader of a group
- boss
- captain of a boat
- leader of a criminal gang
老大 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
「这里谁是老大？」「我是。」「想得美！」
"Who's in charge here?" "I am." "You wish!"
老大哥在看着你。
Big Brother is watching you.
Stroke order for each character
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老 lǎo · prefix used before the surname of a per… · 6 strokes
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大 dà · big · 3 strokes
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- 3
Related words
Words that share a character with 老大.
| 老师 | lǎoshī | teacher |
| 大学 | dàxué | university; college |
| 老人 | lǎorén | old man or woman; the elderly |
| 大学生 | dàxuéshēng | university student; college student |
| 不大 | bù dà | not very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently |
| 大家 | dàjiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大人 | dàren | adult; grownup |
| 长大 | zhǎngdà | to grow up |
| 大部分 | dàbùfen | the greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4] |
| 大声 | dà shēng | loud voice; in a loud voice |
| 大量 | dàliàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大多数 | dàduōshù | (great) majority |
Questions about 老大
What does 老大 mean?
老大 (lǎodà) means "old age; very" and is used as a noun and adverb.
How do you write 老大?
老大 is made of 2 characters: 老 (6 strokes), 大 (3 strokes). That is 9 strokes in total.
Is 老大 an HSK word?
Yes. 老大 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.