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大都

dàdū

mostly

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Characters in this word

大 dà

Strokes
3
Radical
大 — big, great, vast, high, deep
Made of
一 one 人 man, person
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

都 dōu

Strokes
10
Radical
阝 — place, town, city
Made of
者 that which 阝 place, town, city
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 我们大都同意。 Wǒmen dàdū tóngyì. We mostly agree.
  • 他们大都来了。 Tāmen dàdū lái le. Most of them have come.
  • 学生大都很忙。 Xuésheng dàdū hěn máng. The students are mostly very busy.

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