All in Chinese (Mandarin): 都 (dōu)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 都

• 都

  All, both. 阝 (town) is on the right.

  10 strokes

First tone. 都 goes before the verb: 我们都喜欢 (wǒmen dōu xǐhuan), we all like it. Read dū, it means a capital city.

More examples with 都

• 我们都喜欢吃饺子。

  我們都喜歡吃餃子。

  Wǒmen dōu xǐhuan chī jiǎozi.

  We all like dumplings.

• 小朋友都来了。

  小朋友都來了。

  Xiǎopéngyou dōu lái le.

  All the children have come.

How to write 都 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.