HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Adjectives

大小 dàxiǎo “size” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 大小 means

  1. size
  2. dimensions
  3. large and small
  4. adults and children
  5. consideration of seniority
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • at any rate

How to say 大小

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale小xiǎo3rd tone, dipping

大小 in a sentence

  1. 这些餐巾颜色相同，但大小不同。

    Zhèxiē cānjīn yánsè xiāngtóng, dàn dàxiǎo bùtóng.

    These napkins are the same colour but different sizes.

    Sentence #1325068 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 它的大小就像鸡蛋。

    Tā de dàxiǎo jiù xiàng jīdàn.

    It’s about the size of an egg.

    Sentence #797089 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 你的照相机只有我那台的一半大小。

    Nǐ de zhàoxiàngjī zhǐ yǒu wǒ nà tái de yíbàn dàxiǎo.

    Your camera is only half the size of mine.

    Sentence #763102 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 大小 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 小 (xiǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
小xiǎosmall
  • 亅hook · jué
  • 八eight · bā

Memory aidThree small strokes, like grains: small.

How to write 大小

大 3 strokes · 小 3 strokes

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

Words related to 大小

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大熊猫dàxióngmāo · giant panda大夫dàifu · doctor大概dàgài · roughly大约dàyuē · approximately

Words with 小

小xiǎo · small小姐xiǎojiě · miss小学xiǎoxué · elementary school小学生xiǎoxuéshēng · primary school student小朋友xiǎopéngyǒu · child小时xiǎoshí · hour从小cóngxiǎo · from childhood小孩儿xiǎoháir · child小时候xiǎoshíhou · in one’s childhood小心xiǎoxīn · be careful

More words: Adjectives

主要zhǔyào · main不同bùtóng · different不行bùxíng · won’t do急jí · anxious黄色huángsè · yellow有用yǒuyòng · useful常见chángjiàn · common常用chángyòng · commonly used

FAQs

大小 (dàxiǎo) means “size” or “dimensions”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it dàxiǎo: dà with a 4th tone, then xiǎo with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 大小 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daxiao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 大小 from the suggestions. Typing daxiao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
大小 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 5 word list. It is not on the older 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.