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大国

dàguó

a power (i.e. a dominant country)

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DEFINITIONS & USAGE

Meaning and common use

01

a power (i.e. a dominant country)

REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES

How 大国 actually appears in real sentences.

These sentences are copied from the Tatoeba corpus, so they are real usage rather than generated text. 大国 appears in 3 of the 89,190 sentences we searched. Sentences without a published English translation are shown in Chinese only.

美国是一个大国。měi guó shì yí gè dà guó。

The United States is a large country.

阿尔及利亚是四千万人口大国。ā ěr jí lì yà shì sì qiān wàn rén kǒu dà guó。

Algeria is a big country of forty million inhabitants.

美国是个大国。měi guó shì gè dà guó。

No published English translation for this sentence.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS

Words that keep company with 大国.

Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 大国.

Directly before

  • 一个大国1
  • 个大国1
  • 人口大国1

Directly after

  • No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY

Where this entry comes from

The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.

Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

COMMON QUESTIONS

About 大国

What does 大国 mean in Chinese?

大国 (dàguó) means a power (i.e. a dominant country).

How do you pronounce 大国?

大国 is pronounced dàguó.

Is 大国 an HSK word?

大国 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.

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