大阪

Dàbǎn
Osaka, city in Japan

CEDICT

  1. (Classical) great hill; great mountain; great slope
  2. (～市) Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
  3. (～府) Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)
  4. Osaka (a prefecture on the island of Honshu, Japan)
  5. Osaka (the capital city of Osaka Prefecture, Japan)
  6. an orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 大阪・大坂, Ōsaka; or of 大阪・大坂, Ōzaka
  7. great hill; great mountain; great slope

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Examples

機場在大阪灣。

The airport is in Osaka Bay.

Source: Tatoeba

京都不如大阪大。

Kyoto is not as large as Osaka.

Source: Tatoeba

你在大阪住了多久？

How long have you been staying in Osaka?

Source: Tatoeba

我要去大阪火车站。

I am going to Osaka station.

Source: Tatoeba

我們在大阪已經住了六年。

We have lived in Osaka six years.

Source: Tatoeba

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Entry Composition

=1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=1 大 dài see 大夫 dàifu
2 阪 bǎn
  1. slope
  2. hillside

Containing this entry

大阪府 Dàbǎn Fǔ Osaka Prefecture, Japan
大阪燒 dàbǎnshāo okonomiyaki (Japanese savory pancake) in the Kansai or Osaka 大阪 Dàbǎn style
大阪狹山 Dàbǎnxiáshān