HSK 2 · Amount & degree

大小

dà xiǎo

size

Stroke order of 大小

2 characters, 6 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

大 · 3 strokes 小 · 3 strokes

Memory trick

大 is a person with arms wide; 小 is a tiny thing split by dots: big and small.

Parts: 大 big + 小 small

The characters in 大小

大 dà — big; large (3 strokes)
小 xiǎo — small; little (3 strokes)

Example sentence

这两个箱子大小一样。

These two boxes are the same size.

Words with 大

大学university 大学生college student 大big; large 不大not very; not often 大人adult; grown-up 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 大大greatly 大夫doctor 大使馆embassy

Words with 小

小姐Miss; young lady 小孩儿child 小朋友child; kid 小时hour 小学primary school 小学生primary school student 小small; little 小时候in childhood 从小since childhood 中小学primary and secondary schools 小组group 小说novel 小声in a low voice 小心careful; to be careful

More words: Amount & degree

全whole; all 全部all; whole 全体all; everyone 所有all 够enough 不够not enough 一点点a little bit 有点儿a little; somewhat 有一点儿a little; somewhat 满full 大大greatly 十分very; extremely 挺quite; very 挺好quite good

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