HSK 5 grammar · adverb
大都
大都 — mostly / for the most part
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
大都 is a scope adverb meaning "mostly / for the most part / the great majority." It goes before the verb and says that most members of the group fit the statement, leaving room for exceptions — unlike 都 (all), which admits none.
Examples
来参加的大都是年轻人。
Lái cānjiā de dàdū shì niánqīngrén.
Those who came to take part were mostly young people.
这些书我大都看过了。
Zhèxiē shū wǒ dàdū kànguo le.
I've read most of these books.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 大都 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.