(suǒ yǒu rén) - everyone, all people in Mandarin
suǒyǒurénTraditional: 所有人
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
所
有
人
Examples
。
Everyone must attend.
规。
This rule is the same for everyone.
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Everyone knows about this now.
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Everyone stood up.
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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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