Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from (big, great).

Adjective edit

đại

  1. (only in compounds) big; great
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Adjective edit

đại

  1. (only in compounds) representative
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Shortened from qua loa đại khái.

Adverb edit

đại

  1. randomly, or in a irresponsible way
    Cứ chọn đại một cái đi!
    Just choose one randomly!