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大都

dà dū

HSK 3.0 · 5

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dà dū · daai6 dou1 (Jyutping)

  1. Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
  2. for the most part
  3. on the whole
  4. metropolitan

dà dōu · daai6 dou1 (Jyutping)

  1. for the most part
  2. on the whole
  3. also pr. [da4 du1]

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Character breakdown

大

Meaning
big, great, vast, large, high
Radical
大
Strokes
3
Components
⿻一人
Cangjie
K
Four-corner
4003.0

都

Meaning
metropolis, capital; all, the whole; elegant, refined
Radical
阝
Strokes
10
Components
⿰者阝
Cangjie
JANL
Four-corner
4762.7

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