Chinese word

到处

Pronunciation

Pinyindào chù

Meaning

  • adverbeverywhere

Example

我喜欢到处旅行wǒ xǐ huān dào chù lǚ xíng

I like traveling everywhere.

Illustration for 到处 (everywhere)

More examples

小孩子们在公园里到处跑，很开心。xiǎo hái zi men zài gōng yuán lǐ dào chù pǎo hěn kāi xīn

The children are running all over the park and are very happy.

Core concept

A path reaches outward to many places, with no particular place singled out.

Common phrases

  • 到处跑dào chù pǎo

    run all over the place

  • 到处都是垃圾dào chù dōu shì lā jī

    there is trash everywhere

Similar words

到处都dào chù dōu: In all places, strongly showing that the same thing happens everywhere.
处处chù chù: At every place, especially in formal writing, showing that the same thing is true throughout.
四处sì chù: Here and there across several places while moving around or looking for something.

Definition in Chinese

用来表示事物或行为在各个地方普遍存在或发生，相当于“各处”或“到处都是”，通常位于动词前作状语。yòng lái biǎo shì shì wù huò xíng wéi zài gè gè dì fāng pǔ biàn cún zài huò fā shēng xiāng dāng yú gè chù huò dào chù dōu shì tōng cháng wèi yú dòng cí qián zuò zhuàng yǔ

Word origin

到 (dào, "reach") + 处 (chù, "place") combines into the image of reaching each place and becomes an adverb for something spread across many locations.

Usage tips

  • Chinese usually places this adverb before the verb, so the location comes first and the action follows, while English often places the matching adverb after the verb.

Other meanings

  • anywhereadverb

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