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大伙 (dà huǒ) — everybody, everyone, we all (colloquial)

Definition

大伙 (dàhuǒ) is a colloquial 'everybody / we all', usually followed by 都 or a comma. It implies the speaker is included; 我们 or 大家 are the more neutral counterparts.

pronoun
everybodyeveryonewe all (colloquial)

Examples

  • 大伙，。
    dà huǒ, Zán men yì qǐ gān ba.
    Everybody, let's do it together.
  • 大伙。
    Zhè shì dé gēn dà huǒ shāng liang shāng liang.
    We need to discuss this with everyone.
  • 大伙。
    dà huǒ Dōu tóng yì zhè ge jì huà.
    We all agree on this plan.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

大dàbig
伙huǒgroup

大 gives the sense of all or great, and 伙 names the group of people.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The form 大 is a picture of a person standing and facing forward, not of someone stretching their arms.

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Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 夥; 伙 is its simplified writing.

The simplified 伙 stands for more than one traditional character. In most words (大伙儿, 伙) it is 夥; in others (小伙子) it is 伙.

Meaning part形符xíngfú
多多duō
Sound part声符shēngfú
果
果guǒ夥huǒ
Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 夥 combines 多 (many) with 果 as a sound part. The simplified 伙 is a shorthand, so its parts are not the historical parts.

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