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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Dá | Da2
English translation
surname Da
to attain
to reach
to amount to
to communicate
eminent
to reach, to arrive at; intelligent

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Number of strokes

6

Traditional form

Contains the radical

chuò

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

辶大

Semantic compound

chuò

Phonetic compound

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. chuò represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

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估计 gūjì Xiàng 损失 sǔnshī 8000 Yuán .

I estimate the damage at 8000 yuan.

达尔 shēng 对眼 duì yǎn qián zhè 工作 gōngzuò de qián bàn 部分 bùfen Mǎn yǒu 兴趣 xìng qù .

Dalleson relished the first portion of the work before him.

wǎng 欧洲 Ōuzhōu de 航空 hángkōng 信件 xìn jiàn huì 很快到达 dàodá .

A letter sent airmail will get to Europe quickly.

zhè 城市 chéngshì 反抗 fǎnkàng 敌人 dírén de 猛攻 měng gōng 两个星期 xīngqī zhī jiǔ .

The city resisted the enemy onslaught for two weeks.

我们 wǒmen de 战士 zhàn shì 抵抗 dǐkàng 敌人 dírén de 进攻 jìngōng Zhōu 之久.

Our soldiers held out against the enemy's attacks for a week.

Words with

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
to attain
达到 dádào to reach達到
表达 biǎodá to express表達
到达 dàodá to reach到達
达成 dáchéng to accomplish達成
发达 fādá flourishing發達
抵达 dǐdá to arrive抵達
高达 Gāo dá Gundam, Japanese animation franchise高達
传达 chuándá to pass on傳達
佛罗里达 Fú luó lǐ dá Florida佛羅里達
雷达 léidá radar (loanword)雷達
萨达姆 Sà dá mǔ Saddam薩達姆
长达 cháng dá to extend as long as長達
下达 xià dá to issue下達
巴格达 Bā gé dá Baghdad, capital of Iraq巴格達
柯达 Kē dá Kodak (brand, US film company)柯達
达拉斯 Dá lā sī Dallas達拉斯
达标 dá biāo to reach a set standard達標
转达 zhuǎndá to pass on轉達
多达 duō dá up to多達
直达 zhí dá nonstop直達
送达 sòng dá to deliver送達

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Decomposition

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Compounds

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