Chinese symbol for “entirely”
都
dōu
all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all
The closest CC-CEDICT match for entirely is 都 (dōu), defined as: all; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at all.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “entirely”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 尽 (盡) | jìn | to use up; to exhaust |
| 完全 | wán quán | complete; whole; totally; entirely |
| 殚 (殫) | dān | entirely; to exhaust |
| 了 | liǎo | to finish; (used with 得 (dé) or 不 (bù) after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了 (wàng bu liǎo) "cannot forget") |
| 俱 | jù | (literary) all; both; entirely; without exception; (literary) to be together |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 都.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 首都 | shǒu dū | capital (city); 个 (gè) |
| 全都 | quán dōu | all; without exception |
| 都市 | dū shì | city; metropolis |
| 大都 | dà dōu | for the most part; on the whole |
| 京都 | jīng dū | capital (of a country) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “entirely”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.