Chinese Notes

都 dōu

dōu adverb all
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Scope 范围
Notes: In this sense 都 has the same meaning as 皆. The scope of modification of 都 is backward looking (Sun 2006, loc. 2047). For example, 一切的路都封上了。 'The entire road was closed off.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 175) 都 may also be used to sum up the previous elements. It has a similar meaning in both modern and postclassical literary Chinese (Guoyu '都' dōu adv 1; Norman 1988, p. 127; XHZD '都' dōu 1).
dū noun capital city
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 首都 (Guoyu '都' dū n 2; Unihan '都'; XHZD '都' dū 1)
dū noun a city; a metropolis
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 大城市 (Guoyu '都' dū n 1; Unihan '都'; XHZD '都' dū 2)
dōu verb all
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: 都 may used as a verb in this sense in Literary Chinese (Norman 1988, p. 127).
dū adjective elegant; refined
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 优雅 (Guoyu '都' dū adj; Unihan '都')
dū proper noun Du
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '都' dū n 3; XHZD '都' dū 3)
dōu adverb already
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
Notes: Used to add emphasis, in the sense of 还 or 已经 (Guoyu '都' dōu adv 2; XHZD '都' dōu 2-3)
dū verb to establish a capital city
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 定都 (Guoyu '都' dū v 1)
dū verb to reside
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 居 (Guoyu '都' dū v 2)
dū verb to total; to tally
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 总计 (Guoyu '都' dū v 3)

Contained in

都会(都會) society; community; city; metropolis
撒都该人(撒都該人) Sadducees
国都(國都) capital city
乌尔都语(烏爾都語) Urdu ; Urdu
都庞岭(都龐嶺) Dupang mountain range between south Hunan and Guangdong
都市病 lifestyle diseases
都市 a city; a metropolis
都市国家(都市國家) city state
计都(計都) concept from Vedic astronomy (Sanskrit Ketu)
都什么年代了(都什麼年代了) What decade are you living in? / That's so out-of-date!
建都 to establish a capital
宏都拉斯 Honduras
喝凉水都塞牙(喝涼水都塞牙) to be out of luck
大都 generally ; Dadu; Daidu; Taidu; Khanbaliq; Cambaluc ; mostly ; area surrounding the capital
都更案 urban development project
都柏林核心元数据(都柏林核心元數據) Dublin Core Metadata
手心手背都是肉 both the palm and the back of the hand are made of flesh; to both be of equal importance
都城 capital city
一切反动派都是纸老虎(一切反動派都是紙老虎) all reactionaries are paper tigers
迁都(遷都) to move the capital

Also contained in

昌都、盐都、殿前都点检司、开都河、阿尔都塞、率都婆、昆都仑区、首都领地、都拉斯、莋都、都卢瑟迦、江都市、驸马都尉、非都会郡、刁藩都、三都赋、元大都、都匀、丰都、盐都区、尧都、中都路、都昌县、江都、秦都区、商都、都茶场、巴音满都呼、都畿道、都尉、都勃极烈

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