庞大

庞大 pángdà

Huge; enormous; tremendous^†

庞大 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體龐大 pangda

What 庞大 means

Huge; enormous; tremendous^†

† Our own dictionary has no entry for 庞大, so these meanings are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG and its contributors and based on CEDICT © 1997, 1998 Paul Andrew Denisowski, and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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庞大 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

庞

páng

Huge (mixed - face)

大

dà

Big (oldest)

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How to write 庞大

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庞大 in a sentence

这是一项庞大的工程。

Zhè shì yí xiàng pángdà de gōngchéng.

This is an enormous project.

公司的机构过于庞大。

Gōngsī de jīgòu guòyú pángdà.

The company's structure is excessively large.

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Questions about 庞大

What does 庞大 mean in English?

庞大 is pronounced pángdà and means Huge; enormous; tremendous †.

How do you pronounce 庞大?

庞大 is pángdà in pinyin — written pangda without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 庞大?

庞大 is written with 2 characters: 庞 (páng) Huge (mixed - face), 大 (dà) Big (oldest). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 庞大 written in traditional Chinese?

龐大. The simplified form 庞大 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 龐大 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced pángdà.

Is 庞大 an HSK word?

Yes — 庞大 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

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