expressing ‘every,’ ‘any,’ ‘not any,’ and ‘no matter how’ with question words
46.4那个学生没有一天不迟到。
那個學生沒有一天不遲到。
Nàge xuésheng méi yǒu yī tiān bù chídào.
That student, there is not one single day that he is not late. = That student,
he is late every day.46.3.3 expressing ‘every’ with reduplication
Certain nouns and classifiers can be reduplicated (repeated) to mean ‘every noun’ or ‘every
classifier.’ The most common of these include the following.人人 rénrén ‘everyone’人人都喜欢吃好吃的东西。
人人都喜歡吃好吃的東西。
Rénrén dōu xǐhuan chī hǎo chī de dōngxi.
Everyone likes to eat delicious food.个个/個個 gègè ‘everyone’他们的孩子，个个都很聪明。
他們的孩子，個個都很聰明。
Tāmen de háizi, gègè dōu hěn cōngming.
All their children are very bright.年年 niánnián ‘every year’他们的生活不变。年年都一样。
他們的生活不變。年年都一樣。
Tāmen de shēnghuó bù biàn. Niánnián dōu yīyàng.
Their lives do not change. Every year is the same.本本 běnběn ‘every volume’他写的书，本本都很好。
他寫的書，本本都很好。
Tā xiě de shū, běn běn dōu hěn hǎo.
The books that he writes, every volume (every one) is very good.天天 tiāntiān ‘every day’我们天天吃中国饭。
我們天天吃中國飯。
Wǒmen tiāntiān chī Zhōngguó fàn.
We eat Chinese food every day.46.4 expressing ‘every,’ ‘any,’ ‘not any,’ and ‘no matter how’
with question words
46.4.1 expressing ‘every’ and ‘any’ with question wordsIn Mandarin, questions words + 都 dōu or 也 yě are commonly used to convey the meaning
‘every’ or ‘any.’Here is a list of question words + 都 dōu or 也 yě with translations and examples. Note that(^) in some expressions, the question word is part of a larger noun phrase.