大都
daai6 dou1Dà dūdà dōudà dū
English
- Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
- for the most part
- on the whole
- also pr. [da4 du1]
- metropolitan
- mostly
- Khanbaliq or Dadu, the capital of the Mongol Empire in the Yuan Dynasty
粵語 — Cantonese
- 大多數
- 城市名;元朝當時蒙古帝國嘅首都,位於而家北京嘅市區
Examples
識得横向思考嘅大都喺正直嘅人。
Tatoeba · tigro1973 CC BY
紫式部由細到大都好叻。 我會坐喺度聽我哥哥睇歷史記錄,我會喺佢之前背誦。
Tatoeba CC BY
湯姆的朋友大都沒你高。
You're taller than most of Tom's friends.
Tatoeba · verdastelo9604 CC BY
许多欧洲的大都市饱受“甜甜圈现象”困扰。
Many of Europe's metropolises are plagued by the doughnut phenomenon.
Tatoeba · mendel CC BY
要在一個像東京一樣的大都市裡過活,不借錢是很困難的。
It's really difficult to survive in a big city like Tokyo without going into debt.
Tatoeba · DaoSeng CC BY
示威者大多數都係學生。
示威者大都是學生。 (si6 wai1 ze2 daai6 dou1 si6 hok6 saang1.)
Most of the protesters are students.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk