HSK 4 · Function Words

全部 quánbù “whole” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 全部 means

  1. whole
  2. all

How to say 全部

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale全quán2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale部bù4th tone, falling

全部 in a sentence

  1. 她的衣服全部都是她自己做的。

    Tā de yīfu quánbù dōu shì tā zìjǐ zuò de.

    She makes all her own clothes.

    Sentence #862734 from Tatoeba

  2. 周四早上之前我们要全部完成。

    Zhōusì zǎoshang zhīqián wǒmen yào quánbù wánchéng.

    We have to be done with everything by Thursday morning.

    Sentence #819705 from Tatoeba

  3. 谁吃了全部饼干？

    Shéi chī le quánbù bǐnggān?

    Who ate all the biscuits?

    Sentence #2341243 from Tatoeba

How 全部 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 全 (quán) with each of its parts in a different colour
全quánall
  • 入enter · rù
  • 玉jade · yù
The character 部 (bù) with each of its parts in a different colour
部bùministry
  • 咅to spit out · pǒuSound part
  • 阝placeMeaning part

阝 hints at the meaning (place); 咅 (pǒu) hints at the sound. Compare it with bù.

How to write 全部

全 6 strokes · 部 10 strokes

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全部 (quánbù) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 全部 (quánbù). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 全部

Words with 全

全quán · whole安全ānquán · safe完全wánquán · complete全面quánmiàn · comprehensive健全jiànquán · sound齐全qíquán · complete全局quánjú · overall situation竭尽全力jiéjìnquánlì · to do one’s utmost全力以赴quánlìyǐfù · to go all out

Words with 部

部bù · part部分bùfen · part部门bùmén · department内部nèibù · inside俱乐部jùlèbù · club (the organisation or its premises) (loanword)部位bùwèi · position部署bùshǔ · to deploy局部júbù · part

More words: Particles & Connectors

篇piān · measure word for articles and essays其次qícì · next其中qízhōng · among千万qiānwàn · be sure to却què · but确实quèshí · indeed然而rán'ér · however任何rènhé · any

FAQs

全部 (quánbù) means “whole” or “all”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it quánbù: quán with a 2nd tone, then bù with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 全部 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type quanbu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 全部 from the suggestions. Typing quanbu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
全部 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.