大写字母

大寫字母

dàxiě zìmǔ

noun #28,664

Meanings

1 capital letter
2 uppercase letter

Characters

big; large; capital

character; letter; word

mother; origin; (here: letter)

Examples

HSK 4

句子的第一个字母要用大写字母。

Jùzi de dìyī gè zìmǔ yào yòng dàxiě zìmǔ.

The first letter of a sentence should be capitalized.

HSK 6

密码区分大写字母和小写字母。

Mìmǎ qūfēn dàxiě zìmǔ hé xiǎoxiě zìmǔ.

The password is case-sensitive, distinguishing uppercase and lowercase letters.

Tips

memory

大写 means 'big writing' (大 = big, 写 = to write) - capital letters are the 'big' letters. The opposite is 小写字母, literally 'small writing letters' = lowercase.

Stroke Order

大 dà

写 xiě

字 zì

母 mǔ