粵

大daai6都dou1

daai6 dou1Dà dūdà dōudà dū

English

  1. Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
  2. for the most part
  3. on the whole
  4. also pr. [da4 du1]
  5. metropolitan
  6. mostly
  7. Khanbaliq or Dadu, the capital of the Mongol Empire in the Yuan Dynasty

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 大多數
  2. 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

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