大都 Traditional form: 大都 Pinyin (reading): Dàdū Definitions: Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing Characters: 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep 都 - all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital Traditional characters: 大 - big, great, vast, high, deep 都 - all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital