HSK 3 grammar · pattern
疑问代词的非疑问用法
谁/什么/哪儿… — non-question (any / every) uses
Pattern
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( ) can be left out · other words may come before, between and after
How it works
Question words like 谁, 什么, 哪儿, 怎么 can lose their question meaning and mean "any/every". With 都 or 也 they cover every case ("everyone", "anything"); with 也/都 … 不/没 they give a total negation ("no one", "nothing").
Examples
谁都喜欢他。
Shéi dōu xǐhuan tā.
Everyone likes him.
我什么都不想吃。
Wǒ shénme dōu bù xiǎng chī.
I don't want to eat anything.
这件事谁也不知道。
Zhè jiàn shì shéi yě bù zhīdào.
No one knows about this.
你想去哪儿都可以。
Nǐ xiǎng qù nǎr dōu kěyǐ.
You can go anywhere you like.
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