HSK 5 · Adjectives

巨大 jùdà “huge” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 巨大 means

  1. huge
  2. immense
  3. enormous
  4. gigantic

How to say 巨大

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale巨jù4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale大dà4th tone, falling

巨大 in a sentence

  1. 中国是个巨大的国家。

    Zhōngguó shì ge jùdà de guójiā.

    China is a huge country.

    Sentence #766018 from Tatoeba

  2. 大象是巨大的动物。

    Dàxiàng shì jùdà de dòngwù.

    Elephants are enormous animals.

    Sentence #1202559 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 这是一个巨大的挑战。

    Zhè shì yí ge jùdà de tiǎozhàn.

    That’s a huge challenge.

    Sentence #4845054 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 巨大 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 巨 (jù) drawn as one shape
巨jùvery large; huge; tremendous; gigantic

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

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.

How to write 巨大

巨 4 strokes · 大 3 strokes

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

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

Words related to 巨大

Words with 巨

艰巨jiānjù · arduous

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

More words: Adjectives

狡猾jiǎohuá · crafty结实jiēshi · sturdy紧急jǐnjí · urgent谨慎jǐnshèn · cautious具体jùtǐ · specific绝对juéduì · absolute均匀jūnyún · even可靠kěkào · reliable

FAQs

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