HSK 5 · Adjectives

大方 dàfang “generous” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 大方 means

  1. generous
  2. natural and poised
  3. magnanimous
  4. stylish
  5. in good taste
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • easy-mannered
  • natural and relaxed

How to say 大方

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale大dà4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the neutral tone: short and light, with no contour of its own方fangneutral tone, light and short

Grey pinyin is a neutral tone: say it short and light. More on the neutral tone

大方 in a sentence

  1. 你太大方了。

    Nǐ tài dàfang le.

    You’re too generous.

    Sentence #6127311 from Tatoeba

  2. 他够大方，借了我一点钱。

    Tā gòu dàfang, jiè le wǒ yìdiǎn qián.

    He was generous enough to lend me some money.

    Sentence #1397324 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她大方地道歉。

    Tā dàfang de dàoqiàn.

    She apologised graciously.

    Sentence #852002 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 大方 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 大 (dà) with each of its parts in a different colour
大dàbig; large; great
  • 一one · yī
  • 人person · rén

Memory aidA person standing with arms stretched wide: big.

The character 方 (fāng) drawn as one shape
方fāngsquarelight in 大方

方 is a single shape of 4 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 大方

大 3 strokes · 方 4 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

大方 (dàfang) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 大方 (dàfang). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 大方

Words with 大

大dà · big大学dàxué · university大学生dàxuéshēng · university student大家dàjiā · everyone大人dàren · adult大衣dàyī · overcoat大小dàxiǎo · size大熊猫dàxióngmāo · giant panda大夫dàifu · doctor大概dàgài · roughly

Words with 方

北方běifāng · north地方dìfang · place方便fāngbiàn · convenient南方nánfāng · the south西方xīfāng · the West东方dōngfāng · the East方便面fāngbiànmiàn · instant noodles方法fāngfǎ · method方面fāngmiàn · respect方向fāngxiàng · direction

More words: Adjectives

初级chūjí · elementary次要cìyào · secondary匆忙cōngmáng · hasty粗糙cūcāo · rough大型dàxíng · large呆dāi · foolish单纯dānchún · simple单调dāndiào · monotonous

FAQs

大方 (dàfang) means “generous” or “natural and poised”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dàfang: dà with a 4th tone, then fang with a neutral tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 大方 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dafang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 大方 from the suggestions. Typing dafang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
大方 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.