硕大 (shuò dà) — huge, enormous, massive

Definition

Literary written word meaning 'huge / enormous', used as an attributive before nouns (硕大的石头). Stronger and more formal than the everyday 大.

verb

hugeenormousmassive

硕大。
Nà zuò shuò dà de shí tou shì zhè ge diāo sù zuì tè bié de bù fen.
That huge stone is the most special part of this sculpture.
硕大，。
Tā shēn chū shuò dà de shǒu zhǎng, yí xià zi jiù bǎ mén tuī kāi le.
He extended his huge palm and pushed the door open in one go.
硕大，。
Zhè ge bó wù guǎn lǐ yǒu yì fú shuò dà de yóu huà, xī yǐn le suǒ yǒu rén.
There is a huge oil painting in this museum that attracts everyone.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

联合liánhéCoordinate

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

硕大 both mean large, so together they stress huge size.

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.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 碩; 硕 is its simplified writing.

石頁碩

Meaning part形符xíngfú

頁頁yè

Sound part声符shēngfú

石

石shí碩shuò

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 碩 puts 石 beside 頁: 石 gives the sound, and 頁 is the meaning part; the simplified 硕 is a shorthand.

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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