Chinese word

大伙儿

Pronunciation

Pinyindà huǒr

Meaning

  • pronouneveryone

Example

大伙儿都准备好了吗？dà huǒr dōu zhǔn bèi hǎo le ma

Is everyone ready?

Illustration for 大伙儿 (everyone)

More examples

如果大伙儿都来就好了。rú guǒ dà huǒr dōu lái jiù hǎo le

It would be nice if everyone came.

Core concept

A casual way to treat a whole group as one circle of people.

Common phrases

  • 大伙儿都dà huǒr dōu

    everyone

  • 大伙儿一起dà huǒr yì qǐ

    all together

  • 大伙儿帮忙dà huǒr bāng máng

    everyone helps

Similar words

大家dà jiā: A common everyday way to address or refer to everyone in a group.
各位gè wèi: A polite way to address everyone in an audience or gathering.
诸位zhū wèi: A somewhat formal way to address several listeners, also used in writing.
人人rén rén: Each person in a group or community, with attention to everyone individually.

Definition in Chinese

口语中用来称呼或指代在场的所有人或一群人，语气随意、亲切，可用作招呼或泛指。kóu yǔ zhōng yòng lái chēng hū huò zhǐ dài zài chǎng de suó yǒu rén huò yì qún rén yǔ qì suí yì qīn qiè kě yòng zuò zhāo hū huò fàn zhǐ

Word origin

大伙儿 (dàhuǒér, "everyone") is a colloquial compound in which 大 (dà, "big") enlarges 伙 (huǒ, "group"), with 儿 (ér, "colloquial suffix") giving the expression a spoken northern flavor.

Usage tips

  • The word can address a group directly as well as refer to it, making it natural at the start of a friendly question, announcement, or shared activity.

Opposites

  • 个别人gè bié réna few peoplepronoun
  • 少数人shǎo shù réna minority of peoplepronoun

Related words

  • 大伙dà huǒeveryonepronoun

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