都 (dōu) means All (even - already). Below are 24 of the 313 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
孩子们 都 很快乐。
Háizimen dōu hěn kuàilè.
The children are all very happy.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 快乐
大家听了 都 笑了。
Dàjiā tīng le dōu xiào le.
Everyone laughed when they heard it.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 笑
春天的树 都 绿了。
Chūntiān de shù dōu lǜ le.
In spring the trees all turn green.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 绿
春天到处 都 是花。
Chūntiān dàochù dōu shì huā.
In spring there are flowers everywhere.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 到处
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From the graded readers
下雨了，我们 都 没有伞。
xiàyǔ le / liǎo / liào, wǒmen dōu méiyǒu sǎn.
It started to rain, and none of us had an umbrella.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
第二天他连谢谢 都 没说。
dì'èr tiān tā lián xièxie dōu méi shuō.
The next day he didn't even say thank you.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
我们跑回家，衣服 都 湿了。
wǒmen pǎo huíjiā, yīfu dōu shī le / liǎo / liào.
We ran home and our clothes were soaked.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · The Weather Today
我不会做的题，她 都 会做。
wǒ bùhuì zuò de / dì tí, tā dōu huì zuò.
The questions I can't do, she can.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
妈妈说：“我们 都 很好。”
māma shuō:" wǒmen dōu hěnhǎo."
Mum said, "We're all fine."
Graded reader · HSK 1 · A Phone Call
她喜欢跑步，每天早上 都 跑。
tā xǐhuan pǎobù, měitiān zǎoshang dōu pǎo.
She likes running and runs every morning.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · My Friend Lili
前面的问题我 都 回答得不错。
qiánmian de / dì wèntí wǒ dōu huídá dé / děi / de búcuò.
I answered the first questions well enough.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · The Job Interview
她的脸 都 红了，一直在喘气。
tā de / dì liǎn dōu hóng le / liǎo / liào, yìzhí zài chuǎn qì.
Her face was red and she was breathing hard.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Helping a Stranger
第一天，我连坐上去 都 做不到。
dìyī tiān, wǒ lián zuò shàngqù dōu zuò bùdào.
On the first day I couldn't even get on it.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Learning to Ride a Bike
忽然，灯亮了，我的朋友们 都 在！
hūrán, dēng liàng le / liǎo / liào, wǒ de(possessive) péngyou men dōu zài!
Suddenly the lights came on and all my friends were there!
Graded reader · HSK 2 · An Anniversary Surprise
回到家的时候，大家的衣服 都 湿了。
huídào jiā de / dì shíhou, dàjiā de / dì yīfu dōu shī le / liǎo / liào.
By the time we got back everyone's clothes were soaked.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · A Rainy Day
都 appears in 313 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 都
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 都
How is 都 used in a sentence?
This page shows 313 sentences using 都 (dōu, "All (even - already)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 都 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 都 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 都 an HSK word?
Yes — 都 is on the official HSK 1 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 1 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 都?
The dictionary page for 都 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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