都察院 dūcháyuàn Censorate Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 都 dū noun capital (bound form) A capital city; a large city or metropolis察院 cháyuàn bureau of censors (bound form) the imperial bureau of censors in ancient China; one of the three branches of the 御史台 yùshǐtái responsible for monitoring and inspecting officials from the Tang to the Yuan dynasty