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Definition(s) for: 大都市

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
大都市 dà dū shì - metropolis
- large city
- megacity

List Ranking for: 大都市

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 18,696 14,576 20,793

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
大 dà- big; large; great
- older (than another person)
- eldest (as in 大姐[da4jie3])
- greatly; freely; fully
- (dialect) father
- (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
大 dài- see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
都 dū- surname Du
都 dōu- all; both; entirely
- (used for emphasis) even
- already
- (not) at all
都 dū- capital city
- metropolis
市 shì- market
- city
- CL:個|个[ge4]

Other Words Containing 大都市

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2025) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
大都市 - - 18,696 14,576 20,793