大个儿

大個兒

dàgèr

noun #19,104

Meanings

1 tall person
2 big fellow

Characters

measure word; size

er suffix (diminutive)

Examples

他是个大个儿，快一米九了。

Tā shì gè dàgèr, kuài yī mǐ jiǔ le.

He's a tall guy, almost 1.9 meters.

篮球队里都是大个儿。

Lánqiúduì lǐ dōu shì dàgèr.

The basketball team is all tall guys.

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大个儿 is colloquial Beijing dialect. The 儿 (er) suffix is characteristic of northern Chinese speech.

Stroke Order

大 dà

个 gè

儿 ér