HSK 1 grammar · adverb
都
都 — all / both
Pattern
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the subject is more than one
( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
都 means "all" or "both" and comes right before the verb, pointing back to the plural thing already mentioned — not after it.
Examples
我们都是学生。
Wǒmen dōu shì xuésheng.
We are all students.
他们都很忙。
Tāmen dōu hěn máng.
They are all busy.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 都 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.