(dōu) - all, both, already in Mandarin
dōuTraditional: 都
Translation
all, both, already
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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.
。
It's already nine o'clock.
。
I drink coffee every day.
。
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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This word is taught in chapter 1, lesson 4: More people, more words.