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Definitions
- 1. all; both; entirely
- 2. (used for emphasis) even
- 3. already
- 4. (not) at all
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都 is often used with 每 (every) to emphasize totality, e.g., 每个人都来了 (Everyone came).
Common mistakes
Learners sometimes place 都 incorrectly; it should come after the subject and before the verb, not at the end of the sentence.
Grammar
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After 得, Chinese can add a whole verb phrase, a small clause or a set phrase to show the result: 高兴得跳了起来, 说得大家都笑了, 忘得一干二净.
Repeat a verb around 都不 or 都没 (看都不看, 想都没想) to stress that someone did not even do the smallest, most expected action.
Use verb + 来 + verb + 去 for doing something again and again, then 都是 or 就是 for the same result every time.
Say “not a single one” and “not at all” with 一...也/都 + 不/没.
Use 不管 with a question word, an A不A choice or 还是 to say the result stays the same in every case, then add 都 or 也.
Use 凡是……，都…… to say that everything in a group, without exception, has the same result.
Wave away an obvious case with 别说 and then give a more extreme one with 连……都 or 就是……也: 别说我，连老师都没做出来.
As mood adverbs, 就 stresses that something is exactly so (我就是王明), 还是 says something is still true in spite of what happened, and 都…了 means “already”.
Start each choice with 或者 to list two or more options in a statement: 周末我或者在家看书，或者去公园跑步.
Say that the result stays the same whether something happens or not, the formal way: 无论成功与否，我们都应该认真对待.
Name an extreme case with 连……都/也……, then use 更 to say the point is even more true for someone or something else.
Use 都...了 to stress that it is already late, a lot, or a certain point, often with surprise or impatience.
Double a measure word, as in 个个 or 张张, to say “every single one” with no exceptions.
Use 连...都 to make advanced emphasis sentences precise and natural.
Say that something just won’t happen however hard you try, as in 我怎么也睡不着 and 我怎么找都没找到.
Use 谁, 什么, 哪儿 and 怎么 to mean “anyone”, “anything”, “whatever” or “something” in statements, not questions.
Use question words in statements: 谁都知道 for “everyone knows”, 想吃什么就吃什么 for “whatever you like”, and 吃点儿什么 for “something”.
Place “all” and “also” naturally in short Chinese sentences.
Handle basic exception sentences before the HSK 4 expanded pattern.
Use the written 除…外 to leave something out with 都, or to add something with 还 and 也.
Example Sentences
5 shown我们 都 喜欢学习中文。
一切 都 很顺利。
我们大家 都 希望世界和平。
他们 都 去商店了。
大家 都 对他的离去深感惋惜。
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Words Containing 都
all
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for the most part
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Kyoto, Japan
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Voodoo
tiger (ancient, dialect)
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Diophantus of Alexandria (3rd century AD), Greek mathematician
Diophantine equation
Kathmandu, capital of Nepal
ancient capital
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Dunkin' Donuts
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(coll.) to be out of luck
national capital
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metropolis
metropolitan area
major city
to determine the position of the capital
Augustus (name)
the Ming dynasty provincial headquarters in the Heilongjiang and Vladivostok area
Yidu, county-level city in Yichang 宜昌[yí chāng], Hubei
Yidu, county-level city in Yichang 宜昌[yí chāng], Hubei
Ningdu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi
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imperial capital
to establish a capital
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Chengdu Sports University
lit. both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh (idiom)
Sadducees
former capital
Xindu or Newtown district of Chengdu city 成都市[chéng dū shì], Sichuan
Xindu or Newtown district of Chengdu city 成都市[chéng dū shì], Sichuan
Xinduqiao town in Dartsendo county 康定縣|康定县[kāng dìng xiàn], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
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Yudu county in Ganzhou 贛州|赣州[gàn zhōu], Jiangxi
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Kundulun district of Baotou city 包頭市|包头市[bāo tóu shì], Inner Mongolia
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Kham or Chamdo, Tibetan: Chab mdo historic capital of Kham prefecture of Tibet (Chinese Qamdo or Changdu)
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Qamdo county, Tibetan: Chab mdo rdzong, in Chamdo prefecture 昌都地區|昌都地区[chāng dū dì qū], Tibet
Zengdu district of Suizhou city 隨州市|随州市[suí zhōu shì], Hubei
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Wangdu county in Baoding 保定[bǎo dìng], Hebei
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it takes all sorts (to make a world) (idiom)
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Wudu district of Longnan city 隴南市|陇南市[lǒng nán shì], Gansu
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Wudu city in Gansu
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Honduras
Australian Capital Territory
Urdu (language)
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green in the face (idiom)
the Hindu Kush (mountain range)
Huadu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
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Liandu district of Lishui city 麗水市|丽水市[lí shuǐ shì], Zhejiang
Liandu district of Lishui city 麗水市|丽水市[lí shuǐ shì], Zhejiang
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Fengdu county in Fuling suburbs of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
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see 貢多拉|贡多拉[gòng duō lā]
Louis Pierre Althusser (1918-1990), Marxist philosopher
to move the capital (city)
What decade are you living in?
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capital city
Du'an Yao autonomous county in Hezhou 賀州|贺州[hè zhōu], Guangxi
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military rank
urban legend (translation of recent Western term)
urbanized area
lifestyle diseases
metrosexual
Durrës (city in Albania)
Duchang county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
Duchang county in Jiujiang 九江, Jiangxi
urban development project
urban legend (translation of recent Western term)
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(army) commander-in-chief (archaic)
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governor of a march
Tudor Dynasty, ruled England 1485-1603
Torino
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Kaidu River, Xinjiang
Abdulahat Abdurixit (1942-), PRC engineer and politician, chairman of Xinjiang autonomous region 1994-2003, in 2003 vice-chair of 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
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ghetto (loanword)
non-metropolitan county (England)
the Capital Theater (in Beijing)
Beijing Capital International Airport
Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK)
Capital University of Economics and Business (Beijing)
Capital University of Business and Economics, Beijing
capital territory
(onom.) for plopping sound
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Weidu district of Xuchang city 許昌市|许昌市[xǔ chāng shì], Henan
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Yandu district of Yancheng city 鹽城市|盐城市[yán chéng shì], Jiangsu
Yandu district of Yancheng city 鹽城市|盐城市[yán chéng shì], Jiangsu
fig. to arrive late
Honduras
capital of Sichuan province