HSK 2 · People

大人

dà ren

adult; grown-up

Stroke order of 大人

2 characters, 5 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

大 · 3 strokes 人 · 2 strokes

Memory trick

大 is a person with arms spread wide; 人 is a person: a big, grown person.

Parts: 大 big + 人 person

The characters in 大人

大 dà — big; large (3 strokes)
人 rén — person; people (2 strokes)

Example sentence

这本书是给大人看的。

This book is for adults.

Words with 大

大学university 大学生college student 大big; large 不大not very; not often 大家everyone 长大to grow up 大自然nature 大海sea; ocean 大声loudly 大门main gate 大衣overcoat 大部分most; the greater part 大多数the vast majority 大量a large amount 大小size 大大greatly 大夫doctor 大使馆embassy

Words with 人

人person; people 别人other people 家人family members 男人man 女人woman 老人old person 工人worker 病人patient 爱人spouse; husband or wife 主人host; owner 客人guest; visitor 好人good person 坏人bad person 人们people 有人someone; somebody 商人businessman; merchant 行人pedestrian 人数number of people

More words: People

爱人spouse; husband or wife 太太wife; Mrs.主人host; owner 客人guest; visitor 好人good person 坏人bad person 老朋友old friend 交朋友to make friends 同事colleague 人们people 有人someone; somebody 大家everyone 自己oneself 咱we; us (incl. listener)咱们we; us (incl. listener)它it 它们they (things, animals)

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