都[dōu]

副

1. all

♦ 大家~到了吗？ Is everybody here?

♦ 我父母~不在了。 My parents are both dead.

♦ 什么~行。 Anything will do.

2. (used with 是 to show the cause)

♦ ~是你老磨蹭, 害得我们迟到了。 It was all because of your dawdling that we were late.

♦ ~是你, 把他灌成这样。 It's all your fault; you made him drunk.

3. even

♦ 今天天气真怪, 中午比早晨~冷。 Strange weather we're having today, It's even colder at noon than it was early in the morning.

♦ 连他~不知道。 Even he doesn't know it.

4. already

♦ 他~八十岁了, 身子骨还那么硬朗。 He's already eighty but still going strong.

另见 dū

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都[dū]
名

1. capital (of a country)

♦ 建都

2. big city; metropolis

♦ 鞍山是我国的钢~。 Anshan is our country's steel metropolis.

另见 dōu