都
dōu
all; both; also
Type: AdverbsHSK 1
Radical 阝 (city) + 者 (person). It originally meant 'capital', where the most important person lives. By extension it came to mean 'all' (what takes in the whole city).
When it means 'all' it goes after the subject: '我们都' (all of us), always before the verb. With 每 (every) it reinforces: '每个人都说' (everyone says).
者zhěthe one who
阝fùmound
我们都是学生。
Wǒmen dōu shì xuésheng.
We are all students.
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