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

旧都(舊都) old capital
国都(國都) capital city
刁藩都方程 Diophantine equation
都主教 metropolitan bishop
帝都 imperial capital
京都 Kyoto ; a capital
都更案 urban development project
首都国际机场(首都國際機場) Beijing International Airport
都会美型男(都會美型男) metrosexual
大都 generally ; Dadu; Daidu; Taidu; Khanbaliq; Cambaluc ; mostly ; area surrounding the capital
大都会(大都會) a metropolis
计都(計都) Ketu
乌尔都语(烏爾都語) Urdu ; Urdu
都柏林核心元数据(都柏林核心元數據) Dublin Core Metadata
迁都(遷都) to move the capital
我们都是来自五湖四海(我們都是來自五湖四海) we all come from different corners of the land

Also contained in

德都县、宁都、宜都市、魏都、大都市地区、京都大学、中都路、都安县、都昌县、盐都区、首都剧场、成都体育大学、加德满都、燕赵都市报、都拉斯、瓦都兹、德都、木骨都束、都水监、宁都县、望都、吴都、昌都地区、秦都区、内比都、孟山都、水衡都尉、都督岸、莋都、澳大利亚首都特区、都尉、莲都、秦都、昆都仑、都畿道

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