zài / pǔ tōng huà / zhōng / dà / dú / dì sì shēng / shēng diào / cóng / gāo / jiàng / dào / dī在普通话中,“大”读第四声,声调从高降到低。In Mandarin, "dà" is pronounced in the fourth tone, with the pitch falling from high to low.