Chinese Word: 都 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

都Polyphone (多音字)HSK 1

Total strokes: 12; Radical: 邑

Pictophonetic:者 indicates the sound; 阝 (city) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 者 [ zhě ] that which; they who; those who
- 阝 [ yì ] place, town, city

Similar Characters: 郁

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Pinyin: dōu

English Definition:all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all

Chinese Definition:
①全，完全：都要。功课学得都不错。
②表示语气的加重：一动都不动。
③皆全。

Example Words:

全都	quán dōu	all; without exception
大都HSK 1	dà dōu	for the most part; on the whole; also pr. [da4 du1]
都卜勒	dōu bǔ lè	variant of 多普勒
阿尔都塞	ā ěr dōu sāi	surname Althusser; Louis Pierre Althusser 路易·皮埃爾·路易·皮埃尔·阿尔都塞 (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher
都拉斯	dōu lā sī	Durrës (city in Albania)

Pinyin: dū

English Definition:capital city; metropolis

Chinese Definition:
①大都市：都市。都会。通都大邑。
②一国的最高行政机关所在的地方，京城：首都。国都。京都。建都。
③美好：“雍容闲雅，甚都”。都丽。都雅。
④总：都为一集。
⑤居：“都卿相之位”。
⑥古代称头目、首领。
⑦姓氏。

Example Words:

首都HSK 4	shǒu dū	capital (city); Classifiers: 个
大都	dà dū	Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing
大都	dà dū	for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan
都市	dū shì	city; metropolis
都会HSK 1	dū huì	city; metropolis

1		wǒ men 我们 dōu 都 hěn 很 gāo xìng 高兴。 We are all very happy.
2		wǒ men 我们 dōu xǐ huān 都喜欢 tā men 他们。 We all like them.
3		tā 她 měi tiān 每天 dōu 都 dú shū 读书。 She reads every day.
4		wǒ 我 měi tiān 每天 dōu 都 chī fàn 吃饭。 I eat rice every day.
5		tā 她 měi tiān 每天 dōu 都 chī zǎo fàn 吃早饭。 She eats breakfast every day.

1		wǒ men 我们 dōu 都 hěn 很 gāo xìng 高兴。 We are all very happy.
2		wǒ men 我们 dōu xǐ huān 都喜欢 tā men 他们。 We all like them.
3		tā 她 měi tiān 每天 dōu 都 dú shū 读书。 She reads every day.
4		wǒ 我 měi tiān 每天 dōu 都 chī fàn 吃饭。 I eat rice every day.
5		tā 她 měi tiān 每天 dōu 都 chī zǎo fàn 吃早饭。 She eats breakfast every day.