大同小异大同小異 dà tóng xiǎo yì — virtually the same
dà (fourth tone, falling) tóng (second tone, rising) xiǎo (third tone, dipping) yì (fourth tone, falling)da4 tong2 xiao3 yi4
Traditional: 大同小異
virtually the same
Levels 7–9· 2021 three-band, nine-level proficiency standardverb
Meanings
virtually the same
virtually the same; differing only on small points
verb
Character breakdown
Words containing 大
- 大dà (fourth tone, falling)big, large
- 大家dàjiā (fourth tone, falling)everyone, everybody
- 大学大學dà (fourth tone, falling) xué (second tone, rising)university
- 大概dàgài (fourth tone, falling)probably, roughly, approximately
- 伟大偉大wěi (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)great
- 长大長大zhǎng (third tone, dipping) dà (fourth tone, falling)to grow up
- 巨大jù (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)huge
- 重大zhòng (fourth tone, falling) dà (fourth tone, falling)great
- 大量dà (fourth tone, falling) liàng (fourth tone, falling)great amount
- 强大強大qiáng (second tone, rising) dà (fourth tone, falling)large
- 大部分dà (fourth tone, falling) bù (fourth tone, falling) fen (neutral tone)in large part
- 大多数大多數dà (fourth tone, falling) duō (first tone, high and level) shù (fourth tone, falling)(great) majority
- 大约大約dà (fourth tone, falling) yuē (first tone, high and level)approximately
- 大人dà (fourth tone, falling) ren (neutral tone)adult
- 大会大會dà (fourth tone, falling) huì (fourth tone, falling)general assembly
- 大赛大賽dà (fourth tone, falling) sài (fourth tone, falling)grand contest
- 大型dà (fourth tone, falling) xíng (second tone, rising)large
- 大师大師dà (fourth tone, falling) shī (first tone, high and level)great master
Words containing 小
- 小xiǎo (third tone, dipping)small, little
- 小时小時xiǎoshí (third tone, dipping)hour (a length of time)
- 小姐xiǎojiě (third tone, dipping)Miss, young lady
- 小组小組xiǎo (third tone, dipping) zǔ (third tone, dipping)group
- 小心xiǎoxīn (third tone, dipping)to be careful, to watch out for
- 小说小說xiǎo (third tone, dipping) shuō (first tone, high and level)novel
- 小时候小時候xiǎo (third tone, dipping) shí (second tone, rising) hou (neutral tone)in one's childhood
- 大小dà (fourth tone, falling) xiǎo (third tone, dipping)dimension
- 小学小學xiǎo (third tone, dipping) xué (second tone, rising)elementary school; primary school
- 小朋友xiǎo (third tone, dipping) péng (second tone, rising) yǒu (third tone, dipping)child
- 从小從小cóng (second tone, rising) xiǎo (third tone, dipping)from childhood
- 小型xiǎo (third tone, dipping) xíng (second tone, rising)small scale
- 小偷xiǎo (third tone, dipping) tōu (first tone, high and level)thief
- 缩小縮小suō (first tone, high and level) xiǎo (third tone, dipping)to reduce
- 小区小區xiǎo (third tone, dipping) qū (first tone, high and level)neighborhood
- 小人xiǎo (third tone, dipping) rén (second tone, rising)person of low social status (old)
- 小声小聲xiǎo (third tone, dipping) shēng (first tone, high and level)in a low voice
- 小品xiǎo (third tone, dipping) pǐn (third tone, dipping)short, simple literary or artistic creation