HSK 6 · Function Words

大肆 dàsì “wantonly” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 大肆 means

  1. wantonly
  2. unrestrainedly
  3. without restraint (of enemy or malefactor)
  4. unbridled

How to say 大肆

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale肆sì4th tone, falling

大肆 in a sentence

  1. 这家公司大肆宣传自己的新产品。

    Zhè jiā gōngsī dàsì xuānchuán zìjǐ de xīn chǎnpǐn.

    This company is going all out to advertise its new product.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 有人大肆浪费粮食。

    Yǒurén dàsì làngfèi liángshi.

    Some people waste food on a huge scale.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 大肆 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 肆 (sì) with each of its parts in a different colour
肆sìfour
  • 镸long form of 長 · cháng
  • 聿brush · yù

How to write 大肆

大 3 strokes · 肆 13 strokes

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

大肆 (dàsì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 大肆 (dàsì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 大肆

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 肆

肆无忌惮sìwújìdàn · unrestrained

More words: Function Words & Grammar

成心chéngxīn · on purpose除chú · except大不了dàbuliǎo · at worst当面dāngmiàn · face to face大体dàtǐ · on the whole大致dàzhì · roughly栋dòng · measure word for buildings而已éryǐ · that’s all

FAQs

大肆 (dàsì) means “wantonly” or “unrestrainedly”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dàsì: dà with a 4th tone, then sì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 大肆 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dasi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 大肆 from the suggestions. Typing dasi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
大肆 is an HSK 6 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.