大大

dàdà

adverb HSK 2 #5,167

Meanings

1 greatly
2 enormously

Characters

Reduplication of 大 intensifies the meaning.

Examples

这大大提高了效率。

Zhè dàdà tígāo le xiàolǜ.

This greatly improved efficiency.

他的中文大大进步了。

Tā de Zhōngwén dàdà jìnbù le.

His Chinese has improved greatly.

新方法大大减少了时间。

Xīn fāngfǎ dàdà jiǎnshǎo le shíjiān.

The new method greatly reduced the time.

Tips

grammar

大大 is an adverb placed before verbs. It's more emphatic than just using 很 (hěn, very). Pattern: 大大 + verb.

Stroke Order

大 dà