dōu

  1. dōu adverb all
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Scope 范围
    Notes: In this sense 都 has the same meaning as 皆. The scope of modification of 都 is backward looking (Sun 2006, loc. 2047). For example, 一切的路都封上了。 'The entire road was closed off.' (Lao She, 2003, p. 175) 都 may also be used to sum up the previous elements. It has a similar meaning in both modern and postclassical literary Chinese (Guoyu '都' dōu adv 1; Norman 1988, p. 127; XHZD '都' dōu 1).
  2. noun capital city
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 首都 (Guoyu '都' dū n 2; Unihan '都'; XHZD '都' dū 1)
  3. noun a city; a metropolis
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 大城市 (Guoyu '都' dū n 1; Unihan '都'; XHZD '都' dū 2)
  4. dōu verb all
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: 都 may used as a verb in this sense in Literary Chinese (Norman 1988, p. 127).
  5. adjective elegant; refined
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 优雅 (Guoyu '都' dū adj; Unihan '都')
  6. proper noun Du
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '都' dū n 3; XHZD '都' dū 3)
  7. dōu adverb already
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
    Notes: Used to add emphasis, in the sense of 还 or 已经 (Guoyu '都' dōu adv 2; XHZD '都' dōu 2-3)
  8. verb to establish a capital city
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 定都 (Guoyu '都' dū v 1)
  9. verb to reside
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 居 (Guoyu '都' dū v 2)
  10. verb to total; to tally
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: In the sense of 总计 (Guoyu '都' dū v 3)
  11. dōu adverb all; sarva
    Domain: Buddhism 佛教
    Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: sarva (BCSD '都', p. 1173; MW 'sarva')

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  • Scroll 67 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 108 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 591 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 90 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 497 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 71 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 6 Catalog of the Inner Canon of the Great Tang Dynasty 大唐內典錄 — count: 59
  • Scroll 379 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 59 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 9 Catalog of the Inner Canon of the Great Tang Dynasty 大唐內典錄 — count: 58
  • Scroll 468 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 57 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 1 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 50
  • Scroll 422 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 48 , has parallel version
  • Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 45