都

dōu

all; both; entirely

(used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all

都 — the totality and emphasis word

都 originally meant a capital city or major settlement, where all people and things converge. Over time it was borrowed to express totality and emphasis — its 'gathering' sense generalized into 'all, every one.'

者+阝→都
者PersonPhonetic
阝A variant of 邑Semantic

桌上的水果我都喜欢吃。

zhuō shàng de shuǐ guǒ wǒ dōu xǐ huān chī。

I like eating all the fruit on the table.

这道题连小孩子都会做。

zhè dào tí lián xiǎo hái zi dōu huì zuò。

Even small children can solve this problem.

Words with 都

加德满都

jiā dé mǎn dū

Kathmandu, capital of Nepal

建都

jiàn dū

to establish a capital

大都会

dà dū huì

major city

花都区

huā dū qū

Huadu, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[Guang3 zhou1 Shi4], Guangdong

都昌

dū chāng

see 都昌縣|都昌县[Du1 chang1 Xian4]

迁都

qiān dū

to move the capital (city)

都什么年代了

dōu shén me nián dài le

What decade are you living in?

都伯林

dū bó lín

also written 都柏林

都匀

dū yún

see 都勻市|都匀市[Du1 yun2 Shi4]

都匀市

dū yún shì

Duyun, a county-level city in Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州[Qian2 nan2 Bu4 yi1 zu2 Miao2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Guizhou

都卜勒

dōu bǔ lè

variant of 多普勒[Duo1 pu3 le4]

都城

dū chéng

capital city

More characters with 者

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