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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 老大

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
老大 lǎo dà - old age
- very
- eldest child in a family
- leader of a group
- boss
- captain of a boat
- leader of a criminal gang

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 7 3,171 3,427 1,710

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
lǎo- prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
- old (of people)
- venerable (person)
- experienced
- of long standing
- always
- all the time
- of the past
- very
- outdated
- (of meat etc) tough
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

Other Words Containing 老大

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
老大 - 7 3,171 3,427 1,710
老大哥 - - 17,928 30,085 32,152
老大不小 - - 32,090 68,376 37,630
老大爷 - - 48,031 27,593 18,307
老大妈 - - 52,498 - -
老大娘 - - 70,655 42,265 59,245
船老大 - - 92,271 63,856 77,942