(dōu) - all, both, already in Mandarin
dōuTraditional: 都
Translation
all, both, already
Word origin
都 is a phono-semantic compound: 阝 (the 邑/city radical on the right) gives the meaning and 者 (zhě) supplies the sound. It originally meant 'metropolis, capital' (read dū) and was borrowed for the adverb 'all, both' (read dōu).
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 者 (zhě, phonetic) + 阝 (yì, city radical)
Stroke order
都
Examples
。
We are all students.
。
They have all come.
九。
It's already nine o'clock.
。
I drink coffee every day.
菜。
She loves to eat every kind of dish.
都 (dōu) means all or both, marking that a statement applies to the whole subject set.
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 都.
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Stories
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在这里
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不知道在哪里
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打电话
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看医生
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迷路
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上班第一天
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生日的惊喜
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新的医生
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新邻居
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一起做饭
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早上的市场
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最后的车
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卖东西的地方
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新工作的第一天
4 min read · Core 1000
等了三年
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那件事
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Grammar articles
(7)Mandarin Advanced Grammar (C1-C2 / HSK 6+): Chengyu, Classical Remnants, and Register
Concession in Mandarin: 虽然...还是/但是, 不过, and 还是 (Although, Even So, Nonetheless)
Mandarin Conjunctions: 虽然…但是, 因为…所以, 如果…就 and the Paired Structures That Join Clauses
The Mandarin Copula 是 (shì): To Be, and When to Leave It Out
The Mandarin Durative 着 (zhe): Marking a State That Continues (门开着, 拿着书, 笑着说)
The Two 了 in Mandarin: Completion 了 After the Verb vs Change-of-State 了 at the End
The Three de in Mandarin: 的, 得, and 地 and How to Tell Them Apart
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