中大 (zhōng dà) — (abbreviation) Zhongshan University; a university whose name starts with 中大

Definition

中大 is the common spoken/written abbreviation for 中山大学 (Sun Yat-sen / Zhongshan University) in Guangzhou, and more loosely any university whose name begins with 中大.

noun
(abbreviation) Zhongshan Universitya university whose name starts with 中大
Measure word · 所
Easily confused

Examples

  • 中大。
    Wǒ míng nián xiǎng qù zhōng dà dú shū.
    I want to go study at Zhongshan University next year.
  • 中大，。
    zhōng dà Wèi yú guǎng zhōu shì, shì yì suǒ míng pái dà xué.
    Zhongshan University is located in Guangzhou and is a prestigious university.
  • 中大，。
    Tā bì yè yú zhōng dà, xiàn zài zài yì jiā wài qǐ gōng zuò.
    He graduated from Zhongshan University and now works at a foreign company.

Origin

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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