都
dōudū HSK1

metropolis

都 dōu frequency
all adverb
All; both; in every case; used to emphasize a total or a common characteristic among a group

你从来什么都不知道。

nǐ cóng​lái shén​me dōu bù​zhī​dào.

You never know anything.

我其实一点都没生气。

wǒ qí​shí yī​diǎn dōu méi shēng qì.

Actually, I'm not angry at all.

even adverb
Used for emphasis, meaning "even" or "to the extent that"; often used with 连 lián

他甚至连茶都没喝完。

tā shèn​zhì lián chá dōu méi hē wán.

He didn't even finish his tea.

我连工作合同都签了。

wǒ lián gōng​zuò hé​tong dōu qiān le.

I even signed the employment contract.

already adverb
Used to express that something has already happened or that it is already a certain time, often used with 了 le at the end of the sentence

我都等一个下午了。

wǒ dōu děng yī​ge xià​wǔ le.

I've been waiting all afternoon.

他们都已经死了。

tā​men dōu yǐ​jing sǐ le.

They're all dead.

都 dū
capital noun
(bound form) A capital city; a large city or metropolis
to establish a capital
To build or designate a city as a capital
elegant
(literary) Elegant; refined; graceful
Du
A Chinese surname
all (literary)
(literary) All; summed up; to collect together into one
to occupy
(literary) To reside in or occupy a high position
exclamation
(literary) An exclamation of admiration or praise, similar to "Oh!"

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Frequency
Character
Written text
68th most common 2271.6 per million
Movie subtitles
45th most common 3855.3 per million appears in 100% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
5294.7 per million appears in 100% of films
Written text
2789.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 1
HSK 3.0
Level 1
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+90FD

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)