Chinese word

大大

Pronunciation

Pinyindà dà

Meaning

  • adverbgreatly

Example

这个改变大大提高了效率。zhè ge gǎi biàn dà dà tí gāo le xiào lǜ

This change greatly improved efficiency.

Illustration for 大大 (greatly)

More examples

机器更新后，故障率大大减少了。jī qì gēng xīn hòu gù zhàng lǜ dà dà jián shǎo le

After the machine was updated, the failure rate greatly decreased.

Core concept

A quality, result, or effect reaches a noticeably large degree.

Common phrases

  • 大大减少dà dà jián shǎo

    greatly reduce

  • 大大影响dà dà yíng xiǎng

    greatly affect

Similar words

更gèng: Adds the meaning of a further increase before a verb or adjective.
越来越yuè lái yuè: Describes a degree or state that gradually becomes stronger over time.
大幅dà fú: Describes a large change in a quantity, rate, or percentage in formal language.

Definition in Chinese

表示程度很大，用于修饰动词或形容词，强调结果或影响显著。biǎo shì chéng dù hěn dà yòng yú xiū shì dòng cí huò xíng róng cí qiáng diào jié guǒ huò yíng xiǎng xiǎn zhù

Word origin

大 (dà, "big") + 大 (dà, "big") repeats the idea of bigness to make its degree stronger.

Usage tips

  • The word usually comes just before the action or quality it strengthens, so the nearby verb or adjective shows what it describes.

Other meanings

  • considerablyadverb
  • very muchadverb

Opposites

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