北大

Běidà

noun #25,725

Meanings

1 Peking University (abbr.)
2 PKU

Characters

big, great (short for 大学, university)

Examples

她考上了北大，全家人都很高兴。

Tā kǎo shàng le Běidà, quánjiā rén dōu hěn gāoxìng.

She got into Peking University and the whole family was overjoyed.

北大和清华是中国最顶尖的两所大学。

Běidà hé Qīnghuá shì Zhōngguó zuì dǐngjiān de liǎng suǒ dàxué.

Peking University and Tsinghua are China's two most prestigious universities.

Tips

culture

北大 is an abbreviation of 北京大学 (Běijīng Dàxué), founded in 1898. It is consistently ranked as one of China's top universities and is known especially for humanities and social sciences.

Stroke Order

北 běi

大 dà