大小

dà xiǎo

HSK 3.0 Level 3 Noun Common

Definitions

1. dimension
2. magnitude
3. size
4. measurement
5. large and small
6. at any rate
7. adults and children
8. consideration of seniority

Word relationships

Related words

1 item

• 规模 guī mó 规模 guī mó scale 指事业、工程等的范围大小: scale

Usage notes

Collocations

Commonly used with 都 to mean 'regardless of size/age': 大小都适合。 It can also refer to 'adults and children' in contexts like 一家大小.

Common mistakes

大小 can mean 'size', but for dimensions like length, width, height, use 尺寸. Saying 大小 of a person usually refers to age/size rank, not body size; use 个子 for height/build.

Example Sentences

2 shown

请把这些书按 大小 排列。

Please arrange these books by size.

別對我 大小 聲。

Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 1422758)

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Words Containing 大小

• 不区分大小写 不区分大小写 bù qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě: case insensitive
• 事无大小 事无大小 shì wú dà xiǎo: see 事無巨細|事无巨细[shì wú jù xì]
• 区分大小写 区分大小写 qū fēn dà xiǎo xiě: case sensitive
• 大大小小 大大小小 dà dà xiǎo xiǎo: large and small; of all sizes
• 大小三度 大小三度 dà xiǎo sān dù: major and minor third (musical interval)
• 大小便 大小便 dà xiǎo biàn: using the toilet
• 大小姐 大小姐 dà xiǎo jie: eldest daughter of an affluent family
• 大小写 大小写 dà xiǎo xiě: capitals and lowercase letters
• 文件大小 文件大小 wén jiàn dà xiǎo: file size

Child Words of 大小

• 大 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 小 小 xiǎo: small