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都

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdou1#

(noun) 1. city; 2. capital

Cantonese · source Jyutpingdou1#

all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone

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Source definition segments, in their original order. Characters a definition cites are shown without their Mandarin pinyin; classifier lists that CC-Canto copied from CC-CEDICT are marked Mandarin. The community dictionary is not independently verified by zimai.

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Reading & tones

dou11 · high level

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Same syllable, six tones

dou都dou1all 倒dou2to pour 到dou3todou4—dou5—道dou6direction

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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Written characters

都

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Mandarin comparison · separate source entries

CC-CEDICT, the Mandarin–English dictionary, lists the same written form:

都 Dū CC-CEDICT · Mandarinsurname Du
都 dōu CC-CEDICT · Mandarinall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
都 dū CC-CEDICT · Mandarincapital city; metropolis

A separate source entry, shown for comparison. The same characters can carry different senses in Mandarin and in Cantonese; zimai does not align these senses.

CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: dou1. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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dou1

Cantonese word readings for 都. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.

character · Etymology 1

metropolis; large city
capital; capital city
(literary) to make a place the capital city; to establish a capital
(obsolete) graceful; elegant
a surname, Du

character · Etymology 2

all; both (used to indicate that the statement is true for every subject or object); or the entirety of something
(emphasis on subject) even
(emphasis on object) even, interchangeable with 也 (yě)
(emphasis on object) even, interchangeable with 也 (yě) — (emphasis) Used in the 連……都…… structure; interchangeable with 也 (yě); even
(emphasis on verb, in the negative) at all
already
(Cantonese) as well; also; too
(Cantonese) still; anyways; nevertheless

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