全部quán bùwhole; all
全部 (quán bù) means "whole" or "all." It covers every part of a group and leaves nothing out. 学生全部来学校了。 says all the students have come to school. 书全部在学校。 says all the books are at school. 人全部在这里。 says all the people are here. 我们全部在学校。 says all of us are at school. Each example uses that same meaning.
What does 全部 mean?
- 1.
whole; alladverb
What do the characters in 全部 mean?
- 全whole
- 部part
How do you use 全部?
全部 can follow the noun it covers, as in 学生全部来了 and 书全部在学校.
Patterns
Noun + 全部 + Verb
学生全部来学校了。
Xuéshēng quánbù lái xuéxiào le.
All the students have come to school.
Noun + 全部 + 在 + Place
书全部在学校。
Shū quánbù zài xuéxiào.
All the books are at school.
我们 + 全部
我们全部在学校。
Wǒmen quánbù zài xuéxiào.
All of us are at school.
What are some examples of 全部 in a sentence?
How is 全部 used in a conversation?
- Speaker A:
这些书你都看完了吗?
Zhèxiē shū nǐ dōu kàn wán le ma?
Have you finished reading these books?
- Speaker B:
还没有,我只看了一半。
Hái méiyǒu, wǒ zhǐ kàn le yíbàn.
Not yet, I've only read half.
- Speaker A:
老师说下星期要全部还给图书馆。
Lǎoshī shuō xià xīngqī yào quánbù huán gěi túshūguǎn.
The teacher said they all have to go back to the library next week.
- Speaker B:
那我这个周末得多看一些。
Nà wǒ zhège zhōumò děi duō kàn yìxiē.
Then I'll have to read more this weekend.
- Speaker A:
看不完的话,可以再借一次。
Kàn bù wán dehuà, kěyǐ zài jiè yí cì.
If you can't finish, you can borrow them again.
- Speaker B:
太好了,谢谢你告诉我。
Tài hǎo le, xièxie nǐ gàosu wǒ.
Great, thanks for telling me.
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English glosses on this page are adapted from CC-CEDICT, published by MDBG (snapshot 2026-10-23), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Glosses were edited for learners.