How to say 都
- Traditional characters: 都
- Pinyin (Taiwan standard): dōu
- Zhuyin (bopomofo): ㄉㄡ
- Meaning: all / both
Hear it in a Taiwan accent:
都 in example sentences
Real lines from CiaoSpeak’s graded stories, each with pinyin, an English translation and Taiwan-accent audio.
都好吃！現在幾點？
dōu hǎo chī xiàn zài jǐ diǎn
That all sounds tasty! What time is it, anyway?
時間也差不多，兩個地方都要玩兩天。
shí jiān yě chà bù duō liǎng ge dì fāng dōu yào wán liǎng tiān
About the same too — either place needs two days.
台南跟花蓮差不多啦！那就…都去！
Tái nán gēn Huā lián chà bù duō la nà jiù dōu qù
About the same! So... let's do both!
都去？那要花多少錢？
dōu qù nà yào huā duō shao qián
Both? How much is that going to cost?
中暑？我在美國，夏天每天都去公園啊。
zhòng shǔ wǒ zài Měi guó xià tiān měi tiān dōu qù gōng yuán a
Heatstroke? Back in the States I went to the park every day in summer.
Where 都 is taught
- Unit level: TOCFL Novice 2 (CiaoSpeak’s placement, not the official TOCFL word list)
- Unit: Sentence Basics
- Lesson: Where, Or, Also
- Taught just before: 還是
- Taught just after: 再