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Expressing "every" with question words
This grammar point is not about how to use 每 (měi) to mean "every," but rather how to combine question words with 都 (dōu) to make words and phrases like "everywhere" or "everyone." You may have learned this same pattern for expressing "everything," but now it's time to extend it.
- Keywords
- 都 · 谁 · 哪里 · 哪儿 · 怎么 · 多少 · 什么时候 · every · everyone · everywhere · everybody · whenever · however
- Used for
- Expressing quantity
- Classification
- HSK3 · HSK4
Examples (15)
谁都喜欢美食。
谁都可以进。
谁都不相信他说的话。
他的房间里哪儿都是脏衣服。
我太累了，哪儿都不想去。
在哪里见面都行。
什么时候都可以。
你什么时候来都欢迎。
什么时候开始都不晚。
你想吃多少都可以。
这些是免费的，我们拿多少都没问题。
我跟他说多少遍都没有用。
怎么做都可以吗？
这些钱你怎么花都行。
别人怎么想都不重要。
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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