Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- dōu
- dū
- Dū
English
- metropolis, capital
- surname Du
- all; both; entirely
- capital city
- (noun) 1. city; 2. capital
- too; also
- capital or important city
- all, the whole
- (used for emphasis) even
- metropolis
- all
- elegant, refined
- already
- still
- (not) at all
- already
- used in front of a predicate that describes a situation, in order to bring out a subsequent question or deduction
粵語
- 亦係
- 大型而且重要嘅城市
- 全部
- 依然，唔受任何轉折影響
- 已經
- 用喺一個描述狀況嘅謂語前面，用嚟帶出後續嘅質疑、推論
As a component in
Words containing 都
- 都會dou1 wui6
city
- 都好dou1 hou2
all do; can do; that's ok; that sounds good [written and colloquial]
- 首都sau2 dou1
capital (city)
- 成都sing4 dou1
see 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4]
- 都市dou1 si5
city; metropolis
- 大都daai6 dou1
Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
- 亦都jik6 dou1
also
- 京都ging1 dou1
Kyoto (city in Japan)
- 陪都pui4 dou1
provisional capital of a country (e.g. in time of war)
- 古都gu2 dou1
ancient capital
- 都似dou1 ci5
is also possible (usually used at the end of a sentence)
- 都大dou1 daai6
short for 都會大學; HKMU
- 遷都cin1 dou1
to move the capital (city)
- 都得dou1 dak1
also can
- 死都sei2 dou1
no matter what (denoting determination)
- 都叫dou1 giu3
can (barely) be considered to be
- 點都好dim2 dou1 hou2
no matter how
- 係都hai6 dou1
no matter what
- 都係dou1 hai6
also (spoken)
- 舊都gau6 dou1
old capital
- 都柏林dou1 paak3 lam4
Dublin, capital of Ireland
- 幾大都gei2 daai2 dou1
no matter what
- 留都lau4 dou1
the old capital (after a move)
- 都城dou1 sing4
capital city