浩大 (hào dà) — huge, vast

Definition

verb
hugevast

Examples

  • 浩大,。
    Zhè xiàng gōng chéng guī mó hào dà, xū yào tóu rù dà liàng zī jīn.
    This project is vast in scale and requires a large investment of funds.
  • 浩大,。
    Jūn duì jǔ xíng le hào dà de yuè bīng shì, chǎng miàn shí fēn zhuàng guān.
    The military held a huge parade, and the scene was spectacular.
  • 浩大。
    Zhè chǎng hào dà de qìng diǎn xī yǐn le quán guó rén mín de guān zhù.
    This grand celebration attracted the attention of people nationwide.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

浩 suggests vastness and 大 adds largeness, together describing something huge.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
水水shuǐwater
Sound part声符shēngfú
告
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The shape pairs 水, water, with 告, which gives the sound.

Open 浩 →

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.

Open 大 →

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