HSK 5 · Adjectives

大型 dàxíng “large” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 大型 means

  1. large
  2. large-scale

How to say 大型

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale型xíng2nd tone, rising

大型 in a sentence

  1. 那里有大型花店吗？

    Nàli yǒu dàxíng huādiàn ma?

    Is there a big florist there?

    Sentence #13561189 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 有一个大型超市。

    Yǒu yí ge dàxíng chāoshì.

    There’s a large supermarket.

    Sentence #840759 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  3. 这是我所见过的最大型的构造了。

    Zhè shì wǒ suǒ jiànguo de zuì dàxíng de gòuzào le.

    This is the largest structure I’ve ever seen.

    Sentence #333573 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 大型 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 型 (xíng) with each of its parts in a different colour
型xíngmould
  • 刑punishment · xíngSound part
  • 土earth · tǔMeaning part

土 hints at the meaning (earth); 刑 (xíng) hints at the sound. Compare it with xíng.

How to write 大型

大 3 strokes · 型 9 strokes

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

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

Words related to 大型

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 型

类型lèixíng · type典型diǎnxíng · typical造型zàoxíng · shape模型móxíng · model

More words: Adjectives

次要cìyào · secondary匆忙cōngmáng · hasty粗糙cūcāo · rough大方dàfang · generous呆dāi · foolish单纯dānchún · simple单调dāndiào · monotonous淡dàn · light (in taste or colour)

FAQs

大型 (dàxíng) means “large” or “large-scale”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dàxíng: dà with a 4th tone, then xíng with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 大型 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daxing with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 大型 from the suggestions. Typing daxing into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
大型 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.