Chinese symbol for “metropolitan”
大都
dà dū
for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan
The closest CC-CEDICT match for metropolitan is 大都 (dà dū), defined as: for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “metropolitan”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大都会 (大都會) | dà dū huì | major city; metropolis |
| 大主教 | dà zhǔ jiào | archbishop; primate (of a church) |
| 总主教 (總主教) | zǒng zhǔ jiào | archbishop; primate (of a church) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 大都.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大学 (大學) | dà xué | university; college; measure word: 所 (suǒ) |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone; influential family |
| 大量 | dà liàng | great amount; large quantity |
| 大陆 (大陸) | dà lù | continent; mainland; 块 (kuài) |
| 大会 (大會) | dà huì | general assembly; general meeting |
| 重大 | zhòng dà | great; important |
| 首都 | shǒu dū | capital (city); 个 (gè) |
| 全都 | quán dōu | all; without exception |
See also: Japanese symbol for “metropolitan”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.