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大人

dàren

adult

An adult standing with a child
Memory picture

Characters in this word

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

人 rén

Strokes
2
Radical
人 — man, person
How it's built
Pictograph — a drawing of the thing

Example phrases

  • 大人在聊天。 Dà ren zài liáo tiān. The adults are chatting.
  • 小孩听大人的话。 Xiǎo hái tīng dà ren de huà. Children listen to adults.
  • 他已经是大人了。 Tā yǐ jīng shì dà ren le. He is already an adult.

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