expressing ‘both’ and ‘all’
46.146.1.2 expressing ‘all’ with 所有的 suIyIu de
所有的 suǒyǒu de occurs before any noun with plural reference to indicate all of the noun.
It generally refers to nouns that represent a relatively large number of objects.所有的车都太贵。
所有的車都太貴。
Suǒyǒu de chē dōu tài guì.
All of the cars are too expensive.那个饭馆，所有的菜都太咸。
那個飯館，所有的菜都太鹹。
Nàge fànguǎn, suǒyǒu de cài dōu tài xián.
(In) that restaurant, all of the dishes are too salty.我校的足球队，所有的男的都很帅。
我校的足球隊，所有的男的都很帥。
Wǒ xiào de zúqiú duì, suǒyǒu de nán de dōu hěn shuài.
(In) our school’s football team, all of the guys are really cute.46.1.3 expressing the concept ‘all’ with 全 quán
全 quán occurs before certain nouns to indicate all of the noun or the entire noun.Commonly occurring phrases with 全 quán include:
全家 quán jiā all of the family/the whole family
全班 quán bān all of the class/the whole class
全国/全國 quán guó the whole country
全民 quánmín all of the people
全年 quán nián the whole year上个星期我们全家人都去法国旅行了。
上個星期我們全家人都去法國旅行了。
Shàng gè xīngqī wǒmen quán jiā rén dōu qù Fǎguó lǚxíng le.
Last week, our whole family went to France for vacation.全班都考得很好。
Quán bān dōu kǎo de hěn hǎo.
The whole class did well on the exam.46.1.4 expressing ‘double’ or ‘both’ with 双/雙 shuAng
双/雙 shuāng ‘pair’ is a classifier:一双鞋子/一雙鞋子
yī shuāng xiézi
a pair of shoes双/雙 shuāng also occurs before a noun to indicate double noun or both nouns. It is often used
to describe objects that come in pairs:
双面/雙面 shuāngmiàn both sides; reversible
双方/雙方 shuāngfāng both parties (both people)
双亲/雙親 shuāngqīn both parents
双姓/雙姓 shuāngxìng two-character family name
双人床/雙人牀 shuāngrén chuáng double bed
双胞胎/雙胞胎 shuāngbāotāi twins