WordTaiwan frequency #19,263
大同小異
ㄉㄚˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄧˋ
“largely the same with only minor differences; essentially alike”
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大
ㄉㄚˋ
Big; large; great; vast; elder; eldest; important; profound; to a great extent; to emphasize; (dialect) father or uncle.
同
ㄊㄨㄥˊ
Same; similar; alike; together; with; to gather; to unite; to agree; to share.
小
ㄒㄧㄠˇ
Small; tiny; few; young; junior; humble self-reference; to belittle; bad person; child; concubine.
異
ㄧˋ
Different; other; unusual; strange; to distinguish; to separate; surprising; to discriminate; a strange thing.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 大陸ㄉㄚˋ ㄌㄨˋmainland China (in Taiwan usage); continent; mainland (as opposed to islands or coastal areas).
- 不同ㄅㄨˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊnot the same; different; distinct; not alike.
- 大家ㄉㄚˋ ㄐㄧㄚeveryone; all people; a great expert or master; an influential or prominent family
- 大學ㄉㄚˋ ㄒㄩㄝˊuniversity; college; institution of higher education; the Great Learning, a Confucian classic; in ancient times, a school for adult education
- 同時ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄕˊat the same time; simultaneously; also; furthermore; and at once.
- 小時ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕˊhour; a unit of time equal to 60 minutes; (archaic or literary) childhood, early years
- 共同ㄍㄨㄥˋ ㄊㄨㄥˊcommon; shared; joint; together; jointly; collaborative
- 同樣ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄤˋsame; identical; similar; in the same way; likewise; also; too.
- 小孩child; young kid; offspring; one's own children
- 國小ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄒㄧㄠˇelementary school (Taiwan)
- 同學ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄒㄩㄝˊclassmate; fellow student; someone who studies at the same school
- 小說ㄒㄧㄠˇ ㄕㄨㄛa fictional prose narrative of book length; a novel; fiction; a literary work with plot, characters, and theme