Chinese symbol for “great”
重大
zhòng dà
great; important; major; significant
The closest CC-CEDICT match for great is 重大 (zhòng dà), defined as: great; important; major; significant.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “great”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大 | dà | big; large; great; older (than another person) |
| 宏 | hóng | great; magnificent |
| 宏大 | hóng dà | great; grand |
| 伟大 (偉大) | wěi dà | huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) |
| 弘 | hóng | great; liberal |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 重大.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 严重 (嚴重) | yán zhòng | grave; serious; severe; critical |
| 重点 (重點) | chóng diǎn | to recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate |
| 重新 | chóng xīn | again; once more; re- |
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “great”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.