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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 大都

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大都 dà dū - Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
大都 dà dōu - for the most part
- on the whole
- also pr. [da4 du1]
大都 dà dū - for the most part
- on the whole
- metropolitan

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 5 17,743 5,733 7,360

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- surname Du
dōu- all; both; entirely
- (used for emphasis) even
- already
- (not) at all
- capital city
- metropolis

Other Words Containing 大都

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
大都会 - - 11,468 27,935 29,572
大都 - 5 17,743 5,733 7,360
大都市 - - 18,696 14,576 20,793