粵

大daai6小siu2

daai6 siu2dà xiǎo

English

  1. large and small
  2. size
  3. adults and children
  4. consideration of seniority
  5. at any rate
  6. adults and children
  7. size
  8. important or unimportant things; all matters

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 大人同小孩(細路仔)嘅合稱
  2. 大細;尺寸
  3. 重要同唔重要的事;泛指一切事務

Examples

  • 別對我大小聲。

    Don't you raise your voice at me.

    Tatoeba · cienias CC BY

  • 日本比加拿大小。

    Japan is smaller than Canada.

    Tatoeba · sadhen CC BY

  • 它的大小就像雞蛋。

    It's about the size of an egg.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 他們都是一樣的大小。

    They're all the same size.

    Tatoeba · Martha CC BY

  • 我需要十号大小的鞋子!

    I need size 10 shoes!

    Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

  • 亚洲的大小约四倍于欧洲。

    Asia is roughly four times the size of Europe.

    Tatoeba · kooler CC BY

  • 事無大小

    Everything is important.

  • 大或者細嘅

    big or small ----

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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