Size in Chinese
size · HSK 3
大小
- 大 big
- 小 small
这双鞋的大小正合适。 The size of these shoes is just right.
Other ways to say size
More words with 大 or 小
How do you say size in Chinese?
Size in Chinese is 大小 (dà xiǎo). You can also say 尺寸 (chǐ cun), 体积 (tǐ jī), 号 (hào), 幅 (fú).
Which word should I use?
Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.
Where do these words come from?
The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.
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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.