大都

Dàdū
Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing

CEDICT

Homographs

大都 dàdōu
  1. for the most part
  2. on the whole
  3. also pr. dàdū
大都 dàdū
  1. for the most part
  2. on the whole
  3. metropolitan

Entry Composition

=1 大 dà
  1. big; large; great
  2. older (than another person)
  3. eldest (as in 大姐 dàjiě)
  4. greatly; freely; fully
  5. (dialect) father
  6. (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
=1 大 dài see 大夫 dàifu
2 都 dū
  1. capital city
  2. metropolis