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how to write du(all) in chinese

pinyin
radicalsStroke count10
eanglish meaningall; just because of; even; already; capital; big city; metropolis

  Stroke order of the Chinese character "都" (du)

Handwriting

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Basic explanations

adv. (表示总括全部) all:

1.  关于这件事, 该说的我说了。
I have said all there is to be said about it.

2.  任何一件值得做的事应该把它做好。
Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well.

adv. (跟“是”字合用, 说明理由) just because of:

1.  是你老磨蹭, 害得我们迟到了。
It was all because of your dawdling that we were late.

2.  是下雨, 运动会才延期的。
Just because of the rain, the sports meet was put off.

adv. (表示强调) even:

1.  他连看不看它一眼。
He didn't even look at it.

2.  这种事连小孩知道。
Even a child knows all this.

adv. (表示“已经”) already:

1.  8点了, 你还不走?
It's already eight o'clock. Why don't you get a move on?

2.  90岁了。
She's already ninety.