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The Chinese word dou - 都 - dōu
(all in Chinese)

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Phonetic script (Hanyu Pinyin)

dōu

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(Mandarin = standard Chinese without accent)

Note: This Chinese character can also be pronounced dū. However, with a different pronunciation, the meaning of the character will change as well (not yet available in this dictionary).

English translations

all, even

Chinese character and stroke order animation"How do I write 都 ( dōu ) correctly?"

The strokes that all Chinese characters are composed of are to be written in a certain order which has originally been defined by Chinese calligraphy. Writing all characters according to the same rules assures that their intended shape and style are generally preserved even if written by different writers.
This dictionary shows you the correct stroke order as an animation for all characters so you can learn and understand how to write the character correctly. :

Chinese characters ( dou / dōu ) with pronunciation (English translation: all )
The traditional Chinese characters of dōu are identical with the modern (simplified) characters displayed above.
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Practical Chinese Reader (Lessons 1-4)
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Character complexity
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都 is composed of 12 strokes and therefore is of average complexity compared to the other simplified Chinese characters (average: 13.1 strokes).

Tags and additional information
(Meaning of individual characters, character components etc.)

exactly the same  |  they all came
都 ( dou / dōu ) belongs to the 100 most common Chinese characters (rank 59)
Chinese example words containing the character 都 ( dou / dōu )
成都 ( Chéngdū = Chengdu ), 都柏林 ( Dūbólín = Dublin ), 都灵 ( Dūlíng = Turin ), 洪都拉斯 ( Hóngdūlāsī = Honduras ), 首都 ( shŏudū = capital ), 首都国际机场 ( shŏudū guójì jīchăng = the Capital International Airport, Beijing ), 首都剧场 ( shŏudū jùchăng = capital theatre )
More words that mean all in Chinese
quán ( 全 ), suŏyŏu ( 所有 ), yī ( 一 ), yīqiè ( 一切 )
More words that mean even in Chinese
érqiĕ ( 而且 ), gèng ( 更 ), hái ( 还 ), jiùshì ( 就是 ), lián...yĕ ( 连也 ), shènzhì ( 甚至 )

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