大都

Chinese

Etymology 1

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	all
simp. and trad. (大都)		大	都

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdū, dàdōu

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨ, ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dou¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tāi-to͘ / tōa-to͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdu
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tu¹
    • Yale: dà-dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdu
    • Palladius: даду (dadu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan, variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdōu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdou
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tou¹
    • Yale: dà-dōu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdou
    • Palladius: дадоу (dadou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ toʊ̯⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ dou¹
    • Yale: daaih dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tou̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大刀 大都

• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-to͘
    • Tâi-lô: tāi-too
    • Phofsit Daibuun: daixdof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tai⁴¹⁻²² tɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tai²²⁻²¹ tɔ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-to͘
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-too
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdof
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tɔ³³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tɔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

大都

1. for the most part; on the whole; mostly
2. basically; on the whole; overall; generally; in the main

Synonyms

• (for the most part):

• 大多 (dàduō)
• 大抵 (dàdǐ)

 

• (basically):

• 全盤看來／全盘看来 (quánpán kànlái)
• 基本 (jīběn)
• 基本上 (jīběnshàng)
• 大抵 (dàdǐ)
• 大致上 (dàzhìshang)
• 大體／大体 (dàtǐ)
• 大體上／大体上 (dàtǐshang)
• 大體而言／大体而言 (dàtǐ ér yán)
• 總的來說／总的来说 (zǒngdeláishuō)
• 總算／总算 (zǒngsuàn)

 

Etymology 2

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	city, capital
simp. and trad. (大都)		大	都

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): Dàdū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dou¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: Dàdū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: Dàdu
    • Wade–Giles: Ta⁴-tu¹
    • Yale: Dà-dū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahdu
    • Palladius: Даду (Dadu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ dou¹
    • Yale: daaih dōu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dou¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dou¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tou̯⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

      edit edit 大刀 大都

Proper noun

大都

1. (historical) Khanbalik, the capital of the Mongolian Yuan dynasty at the site of modern downtown Beijing, China

Synonyms

• 元大都 (Yuán Dàdū)
• 汗八里 (Hánbālǐ)