HSK 7–9 grammar · adverb
皆
皆 — all, without exception (classical)
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
皆 is the classical equivalent of 都, still alive in written Chinese and set phrases (人尽皆知 "everyone knows"). Like 都, it stands before the verb and refers back to a plural subject.
Examples
在座各位皆为专家。
Zàizuò gèwèi jiē wéi zhuānjiā.
Everyone present is an expert.
此事人尽皆知。
Cǐ shì rén jìn jiē zhī.
Everybody knows about this.
Related
See it in a story
In the app, 皆 is underlined wherever it appears in the stories you read, and practised with sentences from them. Free.