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(suǒ yǒu rén) - everyone, all people in Mandarin

suǒyǒurén

Traditional: 所有人

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HSK 4
#618 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

everyone, all people

Word origin

A three-character phrase: 所有 (suǒ yǒu) 'all' plus 人 (rén) 'person'. 所有 combines the particle 所 with 有 'to have'; 人 is a pictograph of a standing person in profile. The whole means 'everyone'.

Origin
compound
Root
所 (suǒ) + 有 (yǒu, to have) + 人 (rén, person: pictograph)

Stroke order

Stroke order for 所

Stroke order for 有

Stroke order for 人

Examples

Everyone must attend.

guī

This rule is the same for everyone.

Everyone knows about this now.

Everyone stood up.

Thanks to everyone for the support.

所有人 (suǒ yǒu rén) means everyone or all people. 所有 means all or every (所有的书, all the books) and 人 means person. Together 所有人 is a slightly formal way of saying everyone, equivalent to 大家 (dà jiā, everyone) in most contexts but more emphatic and inclusive. It is often followed by 都 (dōu, all) in the predicate: 所有人都... (all people...). Used in rules, announcements, and formal statements.

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This word is part of lesson 13.