(quán bù) - all, the whole, entire in Mandarin
quánbùTraditional: 全部
Translation
all, the whole, entire
Word origin
全部 (quán bù) combines 全 (quán), 'whole' or 'complete', with 部 (bù), 'part' or 'section'. Read together as 'the whole of the parts', it means 'all' or 'the entire'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 全 (quán, whole) + 部 (bù, part)
Stroke order
全
部
Examples
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I spent all of my money.
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All students passed the exam.
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That is all of it.
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I have read all of the books.
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He has spent all of his money.
全部 (quán bù) means all, the whole, or the entire amount. 全 means complete or whole and 部 means part or section, so together they stress that every part is included. It can precede a noun (全部学生, all students) or stand alone as a noun/pronoun (这是全部, this is all of it). It is stronger and more emphatic than 都 (dōu, all) alone, and is often paired with 都: 全部都... (all of them...).
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