无穷大

無窮大
wúqióngdà
noun #34,040

Meanings

  1. 1 (mathematics) infinity
  2. 2 infinitely large

Examples

Dāng x qūxiàng yú líng shí, yī chú yǐ x qūxiàng yú wúqióngdà.
As x approaches zero, 1/x tends to infinity.
Yǔzhòu shì bu shì wúqióngdà, zhìjīn réng shì ge mí.
Whether the universe is infinitely large is still a mystery.

Tips

usage
无穷大 is the mathematical term — it pairs with 无穷 (wúqióngxiǎo, infinitesimal). For 'endless' in everyday speech, 无穷 alone or 无限 (wúxiàn) is more common.
memory
Read it literally: 'no end big' = 'no end to its bigness' = infinity (∞).

Stroke Order

qióng