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Information of 都
Pinyin
dōu、 dū
Radical
阝
Strokes
10 strokes
Usage
★★★★★
Definition
all / both (if two things are involved) / entirely (due to)each / even / already, (surname) / metropolis / capital city
Definition of 「都」:
1. 大都市: Big city.
2. 一国的最高行政机关所在的地方，京城: The place where a country's highest administrative office is located; the capital city.
3. 美好: Beautiful.
4. 总: Overall; total.
5. 居: To reside.
6. 古代称头目、首领: In ancient times, referred to chief or leader.
7. 姓: Surname.
Additional meanings:
1. 大都市: Example phrases - ～市 (big city), ～会 (conference), 通～大邑 (a city of many interconnections).
2. 京城: Example phrases - 首～ (capital), 国～ (national capital), 京～ (Beijing's capital), 建～ (establish a capital).
3. 美好: "雍容闲雅，甚～" (magnificently elegant, very beautiful); ～丽 (beautiful); ～雅 (elegant).
4. 总: Example phrase - ～为一集 (to gather as a whole).
5. 居: "～卿相之位" (to hold the position of prime minister).
6. 头目，首领: Head or leader.
7. 唐、五代宋初军队编制单位，以百人或千人为都: In the Tang dynasty, a unit in military organization comprising hundreds or thousands of soldiers.
Verbose meanings:
1. 同本义 (same original meaning) ([En.] capital): In the Zhou dynasty, capitals were referred to as "都", while cities with ancestral temples or spirits of ancestors were called "都"; others were called "邑."
2. 邦国的都城，国都 ([En.] capital): The capital city of a nation; examples include 奠都 (establishing a capital), 定都 (fixing a capital), 故都 (former capital), 国都 (national capital), 京都 (historical capital).
3. 引申为城市 ([En.] big city): Example phrases - 都道 (streets in the capital), 都庄 (major thoroughfares of the capital).
4. 邦国的封地、采地 ([En.] fief;feud): Reference texts discussing the delineation of these territories in ancient governance.
5. 国家或帝国的行政区域或行政分区 ([En.] region;countryside): Arrangements of administrative divisions in historical contexts.
6. 头目，首领 ([En.] head): Examples - 都老 (title for a leader in minority ethnic groups).
7. 军队编制单位 ([En.] hundred persons): Titles indicating military ranks with "都" as a modifier.
8. 吏的俗称 ([En.] official): Names for various official posts in historical Chinese governance.
As a verb:
1. 建都 ([En.] found a capital).
2. 聚集 ([En.] accumulate).
3. 率领 ([En.] command).
As an adjective:
1. 美好的样子 ([En.] elegant).
2. 大 ([En.] great).
As an adverb:
1. 统统，完全 ([En.] all).
2. 另见 dōu - see also.
For dōu:
1. 全，完全 ([En.] all, complete).
2. 表示语气的加重 ([En.] used for emphasis).
Examples of dōu:
1. 全部: Everyone.
2. 表示语气的加重: It won't move at all.
Dujiangyan in Sichuan, a famous water engineering project and World Heritage Site / Dujiangyan county level city in Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1], Sichuan
(army) commander-in-chief (archaic) / provincial military governor and civil administrator during the early Republic of China era (1911-1949 AD)
Input Method for 都
Pinyin
dou1
Wubi
ftjb
Cangjie
janl
Zhengma
bmy
Four Corner
47627
Unicode
U+90fd
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