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dōu

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dōu Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dōu | dou1
English translation
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
all, each, entirely, whole; metropolis; capital
Pīnyīn Pronunciation
Dū | Du1
English translation
surname Du
capital city
metropolis

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About dōu

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Number of strokes

10

Traditional form

dōu

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Adverb / 副词 fù cí Fù cí

Learning hint

city

Etymology of dōu

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

者阝

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

zhě

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and zhě represents the sound. Based on the meaning "large city, capital", which is the meaning when pronounced "dū". When pronounced "dōu", it has the unrelated meaning "all", etymologically related to duō (man

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Example sentences using dōu

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老师 lǎoshī de 学生 xuésheng men dōu Xiè chū 那道.

Neither the teacher nor his students know how to work out the problem.

dāng 所有 suǒyǒu de 庄稼 zhuāngjia dōu 安全 ānquán 入仓 Hòu , 农民 nóngmín men 便 biàn 可以 kěyǐ 休息 xiūxi le .

When all the crops are safely gathered in, the farmers can rest.

所有 suǒyǒu 喇叭 lǎba dōu jiē zài 单一 dān yī de 扩音器 kuò yīn qì shǎng .

All the speakers hook up to a single amplifier.

zhè 简直 jiǎnzhí 一点 yī diǎn tián ,元气 yuán qì Huán dōu 保存 bǎocún zhāo . ”

This is hardly sweet at all and all the strength is still in it. "

zhè běn Shū 所有 suǒyǒu de 插图 chā tú dōu Jiā tiē 仔细 zǐxì ,现在 xiànzài dōu 开始 kāishǐ tuō le .

All the pictures in the book were tipped in carelessly and are beginning to come loose.

Words with dōu

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dōu all dōu
都会 dū huì city都會
成都 Chéng dū Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 Sì chuān in southwest China成都 Chéng dū
全都 quán dōu all全都 quán dōu
首都 shǒudū capital (city)首都 shǒudū
都市 dū shì city都市 dū shì
大都 Dà dū on the whole大都 Dà dū
成都市 Chéng dū shì Chengdu subprovincial city and capital of Sichuan province 四川 Sì chuān in southwest China成都市 Chéng dū shì
大都市 dà dū shì metropolis大都市 dà dū shì
京都 Jīng dū Kyoto, Japan京都 Jīng dū
帝都 dì dū imperial capital帝都 dì dū
都灵 Dū líng Torino都靈
首都机场 Shǒu dū Jī chǎng Beijing Airport (PEK)首都機場
商都 Shāng dū Shangdu county in Ulaanchab 烏蘭察布|乌兰察布 Wū lán chá bù [Wū​lán​chá​bù], Inner Mongolia商都 Shāng dū
大都会 dà dū huì major city大都會
花都 Huā dū Huadu district of Guangzhou city 廣州市|广州市 Guǎng zhōu shì [Guǎng​zhōu​shì], Guangdong花都 Huā dū
都督 dū dū (army) commander-in-chief (archaic)都督 dū dū
都城 dū chéng capital city都城 dū chéng
古都 gǔ dū ancient capital古都 gǔ dū
国都 guó dū national capital國都
都柏林 Dū bó lín Dublin, capital of Ireland都柏林 Dū bó lín
都江堰 Dū jiāng yàn Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu 成都 Chéng dū [Chéng​dū], Sichuan都江堰 Dū jiāng yàn
洪都拉斯 Hóng dū lā sī Honduras洪都拉斯 Hóng dū lā sī
都匀 Dū yún Duyun city in Guizhou, capital of Qiannan Buyei and Miao autonomous prefecture 黔南布依族苗族自治州 Qián nán Bù yī zú Miáo zú zì zhì zhōu 都勻
都尉 dū wèi military rank都尉 dū wèi

dōu Decomposition & Compounds

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dōu Decomposition

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dōu Compounds

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