都
dōudūDū HSK1

metropolis

都 dōu frequency
all adverb
all; both; entirely

我们都喜欢吃中国菜。

wǒ​men dōu xǐ​huan chī Zhōng​guó cài.

We all like eating Chinese food.

even adverb
used for emphasis to mean even or (not) at all

他一个字都不会写。

tā yī gè zì dōu bù huì xiě.

He can't write a single word.

already adverb
already; used to express that a state or time has been reached

都三点了，你怎么还不走？

dōu sān diǎn le, nǐ zěn​me hái bù zǒu?

It's already three o'clock; why haven't you left yet?

都 dū
capital noun
a capital city or a large metropolis

这片土地曾经见证过多座王侯名都的兴起。

zhè piàn tǔ​dì céng​jīng jiàn​zhèng guo duō zuò wáng​hóu míng dū de xīng​qǐ.

This land has witnessed the rise of many famous capitals of kings and princes.

都 Dū
Du proper name
surname Du

都先生是我们的邻居。

Dū xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de lín​jū.

Mr. Du is our neighbor.

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
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)