HSK 5 · Nature

大象 dàxiàng “elephant” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 大象 means

  1. elephant

Measure word 头 tóu · 一头大象 yì tóu dàxiàng

How to say 大象

  • 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象xiàng4th tone, falling

大象 in a sentence

  1. 大象是巨大的动物。

    Dàxiàng shì jùdà de dòngwù.

    Elephants are enormous animals.

    Sentence #1202559 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 大象生活在亚洲和非洲。

    Dàxiàng shēnghuó zài Yàzhōu hé Fēizhōu.

    Elephants live in Asia and Africa.

    Sentence #846015 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 大象鼻子长。

    Dàxiàng bízi cháng.

    Elephants have long trunks.

    Sentence #13537962 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 大象 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 象 (xiàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
象xiàngelephant
  • ⺈knife form of 刀 · dāo
  • 口mouth · kǒu
  • 豕pig · shǐMeaning part

How to write 大象

大 3 strokes · 象 11 strokes

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

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

Words related to 大象

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 象

印象yìnxiàng · impression对象duìxiàng · target象棋xiàngqí · Chinese chess想象xiǎngxiàng · to imagine抽象chōuxiàng · abstract现象xiànxiàng · phenomenon象征xiàngzhēng · emblem形象xíngxiàng · image气象qìxiàng · meteorology迹象jìxiàng · sign

More words: Nature & Environment

岸àn · bank彩虹cǎihóng · rainbow翅膀chìbǎng · wing池塘chítáng · pond地震dìzhèn · earthquake风景fēngjǐng · scenery猴子hóuzi · monkey蝴蝶húdié · butterfly

FAQs

大象 (dàxiàng) means “elephant”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dàxiàng: dà with a 4th tone, then xiàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 大象 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Use 头 (tóu). For example, one elephant is 一头大象 (yì tóu dàxiàng).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daxiang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 大象 from the suggestions. Typing daxiang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
大象 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.