Zi:都
都 [dōu] all [dū] (首都 shǒudū) national capital city [zhū] cf. (古) 豬/瀦
One monosyllabic entry in The ABC Cantonese-English Dictionary (namespace Jyut):
►dou1 都 ADV. ①〈variant:〉 a.s.a. 亦 jik6 【See also 亦 jik6, 仲 zung6】 also, either, too ‖ saam1 go3 dou1 hai6 lou5 si1 三個都係老師 The three of them are also teachers ‖ keoi5 m4 zou6 ngo5 dou1 m4 wui5 zou6 佢唔做我都唔會做 He won't do it and so I won't do it either ②emphasizes that an action has already occurred; similar to did in 'I did tell you' ‖ ngo5 dou1 waa6 nei5 m4 jap6 dak1 heoi3 我都話你唔入得去 I already said you couldn't go in ‖ keoi5 m4 heoi3 dou1 heoi3 zo2 lok3, syun3 laa1 佢唔去都去咗咯,算啦 He eventually did go even though he was expected not to, so let's forget about it then
2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹dōu* 都 {A} adv. ①all ‖ Dàjiā ∼ lái le. 大家∼来了 。 Everyone has arrived. ②even ③already
►²dū 都 {E} b.f. capital; metropolis ►dūshì 都市
The Shuōwén Seal form of 都(𨜞) dū ‘revered/ancestral city’ combines 阝(邑) yì ‘city-state’, and 者() zhě (phonosemantic); the revered/ancestral city, from which many descendants/troops have emerged/migrated, and to which many trace hereditary descent, and pay fealty/tribute/taxes.
Note: In the component 者() the top part is 𣥐(𣃨旅) lǚ ‘military unit’ (phonosemantic), a unit of (500 or 2,000) soldiers marching/parading under military standard/colors/ensign.
Compare: 堵() dǔ ‘earthen wall (of earth between piles/boards)’; 赌/賭 dǔ ‘gamble/gambling’; 楮(柠) chǔ ‘paper-mulberry tree; paper money’.
HDZ: 都 : dū : (SW: 有先君之舊宗廟) (古) 有先君宗庙的城邑; 大城市; 首都, 全国最高行政机关所在地; 国; 建都; 下邑 (国都以外的城邑; 小地方, 小县), 地方; (古) (行政区划名) ((夏) 十邑; (周) 四县; 四乡; 十州; (宋元) (明清) 县级以下的行政区划); 汇聚, 聚集; 水停聚的地方 (cf. 豬/瀦 zhū); 居; 藏; 总, 总共; 大; 美盛; (唐) 藩镇亲军; (唐宋) (单位) 军队; 头目, 首领; (尔雅) 於 (都: 於; 卒: 終); (叹词) 啊; (量词) 场, 次; (象声); 小木桩, 椴; (姓) • dōu : (副词) (全, 全部; …都强; 已经)
►references: Guǎngyùn:086.18; Karlgren:AD1187,GSR45e'; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3776.7; Mathews:6500; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1274.09; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:143.0.03; EDOC:1
►components: 者阝
►Cantonese: dou\
Shuōwén: (𨜞)
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