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  dou6 dok6 dou2   jyutping
  du4 duo2   pinyin
[] dou6 | [] du4
[1] [n] measure; degree; level; limit
[2] [n] rules; system; code of conduct
[3] [v] (of time) spend; pass
[4] [n] (of frequency) time; occasion
[5] [] [n] here; there; where
[6] [] classifier for door, bridge, etc

[] dok6 | [] duo2
[v] take measurement; calculate
[v] estimate; guess; surmise
[v] [] ask for a loan; borrow money

[] dou2 - Cantonese only
[adv] roughly; approximately; almost

is a variant form that could be used for Cantonese-specific meanings.
Default PoS: noun Additional PoS: verbadverbclassifier
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Stroke count: 9
Level: 2
Radical: 广 (#53)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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detail  bin1 dou6  bian1 du4 = where
detail  go2 dou6  ge4 du4 = there
detail  ni1 dou6   = here
detail  taai3 dou6  tai4 du5 = attitude
detail  zai3 dou6  zhi4 du4 = system; institution
detail  mui5 nin4 jat1 dou6  mei3 nian2 yi1 du4 = once a year (every year)
detail  dou6 dou6   = [adv] everywhere
detail  jat1 nin4 jat1 dou6  yi1 nian2 yi1 du4 = once a year (every year)
detail  hai2 ni1 dou6   = here; at this place
detail  hai2 go2 dou6   = at that place
See all 187 compounds (CantoDict reports 212 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

Showing all 57 examples containing 度
detail audio 今日打算邊度
Where do you plan on going today?
detail 我唔知邊個邊度
I don't know who's delivering [lunch] where.
detail 呢度警崗
There's a police box here.
detail 喺度亂講乜嘢
What the hell are you doing?
[Lit. you in-the-process-of say what? Std. Chinese: 你在胡說其麼?]
detail 北京嗰度天氣點樣
How's the weather over there in Beijing?
[The 嗰度 is optional.]
detail 我嘅地埗喺呢度
My address is here.
[Lit. My address at here.]
detail 我唔知你嘅地埗邊度
I don't know where your address is.
[Lit. I not know your address at where.]
detail 請問郵局邊度
May I ask you where the post office is?
[Lit. May I ask, post office at where? Mandarin: 請問,郵局在哪裡?]
detail 妹妹成日喺度跳跳貢
She's always running around madly.
[Lit. little sister all-day at-here running-around]
detail audio 手提電話擺喺
I put my mobile phone here
detail audio 擺喺
I put the cup here
detail audio 擺喺
I put the cup here
detail 以前呢度生意做得而家喎呵
Doing business here used to be all right, but now, it's over.
detail 一百
Water boils at one hundred degree (Celcius).
detail 呢度地毡
There's a carpet here.
detail 喺度釣魚但係終於垃圾
He's fishing... but, he wound up catching some rubbish!
[Lit. He currently fishing... but, he finally catch-arrive rubbish!]
detail 畀我做嘢嗰度秘書收埋
My shoes were hidden by the secretary at work.
[Lit. I pair shoes by I work there [classifier] secretary hide-already]
detail 見到呢度唔係好警崗
I can see a police box that's not very big here.
[Lit. I see-arrive here have one [counter] is-not very big [possessive particle] police box. You CANNOT say 唔大 or 唔好大 instead of 唔係好大, although it may sound like either one if a speaker is talking very quickly. 唔大 should be 細.]
detail 試吓程度邊度
You need to find out what his level is like.
[Lit. You need try-little he level at where. In this case, referencing a student's level of English. More explicitly, 你要試吓佢英文程度喺邊度.]
detail 呢度漫畫作品
Here's some of the manga I've produced.
[Lit. Here have me [counter] manga works. (A more literal translation of the meaning would be "here are some of my manga works" but that doesn't read too well in English.)]
detail 好多角度  ?! 
I'll think about [it] from many angles.
[Lit. I will think many angles.]
detail 佢嘅態度敷衍
His attitude is apathetic.
detail 佢嘅服務態度冇得彈
Her attitude toward serving people couldn't be better.
[[國] 她的服務態度沒得挑 ]
detail 砧板喺度
Stand the chopping board up here!
[You need to physically point at a space to indicate where 喺度 is.]
detail 邊度
Where are you going with this?
detail 跟住邊度
I asked him where to go next.
[Cantonese grammar has the adverb 邊度 (where) placed at the end of sentence.]
detail 喺度搞乜鬼
What the heck is he/she doing here (or right now)?
detail 卅呀呢度人山人海直情不通
On the 30th night, this place will be completely filled with people, impossible to move.
detail 估唔到喺呢度見到!
Fancy seeing you here!
[See the word entry for 估唔到 as the pronunciation for 到 can change depending on the meaning intended.]
detail audio 屏埋邊度?
Where did you hide away those things?
detail 雖然三十六板斧唔夠犀利
Although he put in all that he knew, he could not match up with you.
detail 邊度
Where will you work in the future?
detail BB快啲背囊裡面口水肩BB.
The baby needs to eat。 Quickly take the bib from the backpack and put it over her。
[Discussion on usage of 將: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?7,120703]
detail 唔好捵嚟捵去
He has gastritis; it hurts so much that he tosses and turns on his bed.
detail 男仔露台欄河似乎跳樓
There's a man sitting on the barrier of the balcony as though he is about to jump off the building.
detail 捉棋時候依牙鬆槓
It irritates me when people around me are giving all sorts of comments while I am playing chess.
detail audio 呢度網址查詢
Please click here to access the website for information.
detail audio 成日喺度寫埋無聊費事
He writes so much nonsense that I don't even bother reading it.
detail 出啲紳士風度開車
Shouln't you be a gentleman by opening the car door for Bou Wah?
detail 呢度啱啱線雪櫃
This place is just nice for a fridge
detail audio 住喺不知幾隔涉
He lives up on a mountain, really secluded, you can't even reach it by car.
detail 邊度有得正宗意大利
Where can (one) finds authentic Italian food?
[[Lit.] where can/have authentic Italian food to be eaten?]
detail 呢度小小心意希望笑納
Here is a little regards(gift), hope you would accept it gladly.
[心意 is literally [n] "kind regards/ thoughts", it symbolizes a gift or a present.]
detail 如果阿明真係一個超人⋯⋯唔會米田共返嚟屋企重要走廊地板都係死人⋯⋯
It'd be nice if Ah Ming were a superhero that knew how to fly … Then he wouldn't have brought home the poop that he stepped on in the street and printed it all over the floorboards in the hallway! Cleaning it up will be the death of me …
detail 唔知邊度
We don't know where he has wandered off to.
detail 究竟喺度鬼主意
What's evil plan is he actually executing?
detail 獅子動物園出嚟
A lion escaped from the zoo.
detail 獅子動物園唔見咗
A lion went missing from the zoo.
detail 獅子動物園逃走
A lion escaped from the zoo.
[Not as common as this version: http://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/examples/1391/]
detail 嗰陣時親眼見到獅子動物園嗰度出嚟
With my own eyes, I saw a lion come charging out of the zoo!
[Lit. I that time own-eyes see-arrive [counter] lion at zoo that-place zoom-already out come 出嚟 implies that you're standing outside of the zoo, because the lion's coming towards you 咗 implies the lion's already outside the zoo gate (completed)]
detail
I'll leave this bag of clothes with you for the time being.
detail 學校唔知邊度
The school is so big. I wonder which way I should actually go to find him.
[唔知 ("don't know") and 至啱 ("most correct") function as a split phrase. The slot between them can be filled by any verb phrase of interrogative nature. ]
detail 點都要辦法呢度
You must bring him here by fair means or foul.
detail 成晚喺度喺度考慮好唔好請假
Ah Hung spent the whole night tossing and turning on his bed, clenching his fist like pig's trotters; he is still considering if he should apply for leave from work.
[http://storyboard1212.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=25098]
detail 年卅晚家人喺度𨅝檯腳, 點知咁啱男朋友預訂情人節喺呢度燭光晚餐
I had my reunion dinner with my family here on Chinese New Year's Eve. Little did I know that my boyfriend made a reservation to have our candlelight dinner in this same place on Valentine's day.
detail audio 嗰個黐線佬喺度周街露械
That freak is flashing everyone all over the place.
detail 呢度住客穿著禮服為主顯赫
The residents here are all formally attired, a mark of their affluence.
[Note: this is a very formal register, and is not the kind of this you'd drop into everyday conversation.]

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