Word information
Simplified大都
Traditional大都
Pinyindàdū
Part of speech副
HSK 3.06
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
大都
dàdū · Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing; for the most part; on the whole; also pr. [da4 du1]; for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan
Character breakdown
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How to learn 大都
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大dà
big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family; great expert
大学dàxuéthe Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四書|四书[Si4 shu1] in Confucianism; university; college; CL:所[suo3]
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
都dōuall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
大概dàgàiroughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea