皆

jiē

adverb HSK 7 #4,399

Meanings

1 all
2 everyone
3 in every case

Characters

Examples

有志者事竟成，这句话人人皆知。

Yǒuzhìzhě shì jìng chéng, zhè jù huà rénrén jiē zhī.

Where there's a will there's a way — everyone knows this saying.

皆大欢喜是最好的结果。

Jiē dà huānxǐ shì zuì hǎo de jiéguǒ.

Everyone being happy is the best outcome.

Tips

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皆 is literary/formal. In everyday speech, use 都 instead. 皆 appears often in set phrases like 皆大欢喜 and 人人皆知.

Stroke Order

皆 jiē