# 大都 (dàdōu)

In Mandarin Chinese, 大都 (dàdōu) means “for the most part; mostly; on the whole”. It is part of the HSK 5 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: for the most part; mostly; on the whole
- Pinyin: dàdōu (da4 dou1)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 5
- Other readings: dàdū — for the most part; on the whole

## Examples

- 这里的学生大都来自南方。
  Zhèlǐ de xuésheng dàdōu láizì nánfāng.
  The students here mostly come from the south.

## Characters

- [大](https://hanziro.com/word/da-big/) (dà): big; large
- [都](https://hanziro.com/word/dou-all/) (dōu): all; both

https://hanziro.com/word/da-dou-most-part/

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