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

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàdūshì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄉㄨㄕˋ
  - 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

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
(kyūjitai)

Noun

大(だい)都(と)市(し) • (daitoshi)

a metropolis, a large city

See also

大(たい)都(と) (taito)
都(と)市(し) (toshi)