大都市

Chinese

		big; great; huge big; great; huge; large; major; wide; deep; oldest; eldest; doctor	metropolis; major city
simp. and trad. (大都市)		大	都市

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàdūshì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨ ㄕˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ dou¹ si⁵
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tōa-to͘-chhī

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàdūshì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨ ㄕˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàdushìh
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-tu¹-shih⁴
    • Yale: dà-dū-shr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahdushyh
    • Palladius: дадуши (daduši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹ tu⁵⁵ ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ dou¹ si⁵
    • Yale: daaih dōu síh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ dou¹ si⁵
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ dou¹ xi⁵
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² tou̯⁵⁵ siː¹³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tōa-to͘-chhī
    • Tâi-lô: tuā-too-tshī
    • Phofsit Daibuun: doaxdochi
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tua²²⁻²¹ tɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tua⁴¹⁻²² tɔ³³ t͡sʰi⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tua²²⁻²¹ tɔ⁴⁴⁻²² t͡sʰi²²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tua³³⁻¹¹ tɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi³³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tua³³⁻²¹ tɔ⁴⁴⁻³³ t͡sʰi³³/

Noun

大都市

1. large city; metropolis

Synonyms

• 大城市 (dà chéngshì)
• 大邦 (dàbāng) (Classical Chinese)
• 大都會／大都会 (dàdūhuì)
• 都 (Classical Chinese or in compounds)
• 都市 (dūshì)
• 都會／都会 (dūhuì)
• 都邑 (dūyì) (Classical Chinese)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	都	市
だい Grade: 1	と Grade: 3	し Grade: 2
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
大都市 (kyūjitai)

Noun

大(だい)都(と)市(し) • (daitoshi) 

1. a metropolis, a large city

See also

• 大(たい)都(と) (taito)
• 都(と)市(し) (toshi)