Chinese

大人

dàrén
adult; grown-up
  • HSK 2
  • TOCFL 3
  • 大儂
  • 大侬

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Origin

; address towards Japanese officials; "police officer"

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Lineage

  • characterChinese大 “of great size; big; large; huge”
  • characterChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個/个 m c; 隻/只 h)”

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