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大都市 meaning in English

dàdūshì

metropolis; large city

18 strokes

Meaning of 大都市

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

dàdūshì
  1. metropolis
  2. large city
  3. megacity

大都市 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

要yào在zài一yí个gè像xiàng东dōng京jīng一yī样yàng的de大dà都dū市shì里lǐ过guò活huó，不bù借jiè钱qián是shì很hěn困kùn难nán的de。
It's really difficult to survive in a big city like Tokyo without going into debt.
许xǔ多duō欧ōu洲zhōu的de大dà都dū市shì饱bǎo受shòu“甜tián甜tián圈quān现xiàn象xiàng”困kùn扰rǎo。
Many of Europe's metropolises are plagued by the donut phenomenon.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

大 dà · big · 3 strokes

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都 dōu · all · 10 strokes

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市 shì · market · 5 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 大都市.

大学dàxuéuniversity; college
大学生dàxuéshēnguniversity student; college student
不大bù dànot very (clear, far away etc); not too; not often; infrequently
大家dàjiāeveryone; influential family
大人dàrenadult; grownup
长大zhǎngdàto grow up
大部分dàbùfenthe greater part; the majority; most; Taiwan pr. [da4bu4fen4]
大声dà shēngloud voice; in a loud voice
大量dàliànggreat amount; large quantity
大多数dàduōshù(great) majority
市长shìzhǎngmayor
大海dàhǎisea; ocean

Questions about 大都市

What does 大都市 mean?

大都市 (dàdūshì) means "metropolis; large city".

How do you write 大都市?

大都市 is made of 3 characters: 大 (3 strokes), 都 (10 strokes), 市 (5 strokes). That is 18 strokes in total.