都 dōu
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 阝 — place, town, city
- Made of
- 者 that which 阝 place, town, city
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
都
dōu
all, both
Character
Example phrases
- 我们都是学生。 Wǒmen dōu shì xuésheng. We are all students.
- 他们都很高兴。 Tāmen dōu hěn gāoxìng. They are all happy.
- 我们每天都唱歌。 Wǒmen měitiān dōu chànggē. We sing every day.
Related words
- 也 yě also, too
- 子 zi noun suffix
- 还 hái still, yet; also
- 着 zhe particle for an ongoing action or state (-ing)
- 还有 háiyǒu there is still; and also
- 地 de particle linking an adverbial to a verb (-ly)
- 就 jiù then, right away; just
- 的 de possessive particle ('s, of)
- 再 zài again; then
- 了 le particle for a completed action or a change
- 先 xiān first, before
- 呢 ne particle for questions (what about…?) and ongoing actions