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): dàdōu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄡ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dou¹
Min Nan (POJ): tāi-to͘ / tōa-to͘

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dàdōu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄡ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdou
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹ toʊ̯⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ dou¹
  - Yale: daaih dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dou¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² tou̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    大刀
    大都
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tāi-to͘
  - Tâi-lô: tāi-too
  - Phofsit Daibuun: daixdof
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /taɪ²²⁻²¹ tɔ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /taɪ⁴¹⁻²² tɔ³³/
- (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

generally; for the most part; on the whole; mostly

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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: Dàdū
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Dahdu
  - IPA ^(key): /ta̠⁵¹ tu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ dou¹
  - Yale: daaih dōu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dou¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dou¹
  - IPA ^(key): /tɑːi̯²² tou̯⁵⁵/
  - Homophones:
    ^edit
    ^edit
    大刀
    大都

Proper noun

大都

(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 (Hànbālǐ)

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