Usage note
所有表示全部的。
suǒ yǒu biǎo shì quán bù de。
All means every one of them.
Context note
所有常用于全部人、全部东西。
suǒ yǒu cháng yòng yú quán bù rén 、 quán bù dōng xī。
All often appears with all people or all things.
5 examples
所有人都到了。
suǒ yǒu rén dōu dào le。
Everyone arrived.
我看了所有书。
wǒ kàn le suǒ yǒu shū。
I read all the books.
所有问题都要回答。
suǒ yǒu wèn tí dōu yào huí dá。
All questions need to be answered.
所有东西都收好了。
suǒ yǒu dōng xī dōu shōu hǎo le。
All things were put away.
所有学生都参加了。
suǒ yǒu xué shēng dōu cān jiā le。
All students took part.
5 mini stories
所有同学都认真听课。
suǒ yǒu tóng xué dōu rèn zhēn tīng kè。
All classmates listened carefully in class.
老师检查了所有作业。
lǎo shī jiǎn chá le suǒ yǒu zuò yè。
The teacher checked all the homework.
所有人都很开心。
suǒ yǒu rén dōu hěn kāi xīn。
Everyone was very happy.
我把所有照片都看了一遍。
wǒ bǎ suǒ yǒu zhào piàn dōu kàn le yí biàn。
I looked through all the photos once.
所有门都关好了。
suǒ yǒu mén dōu guān hǎo le。
All the doors were closed properly.
Mini dialogue
分享糖果
A
我把所有糖果都分给了朋友。
Wǒ bǎ suǒyǒu tángguǒ dōu fēn gěi le péngyou.
I shared all the candies with my friends.
B
你真好，所有朋友都很开心。
Nǐ zhēn hǎo, suǒyǒu péngyou dōu hěn kāixīn.
You are so kind. All the friends are very happy.
完成作业
A
你做完所有的作业了吗？
Nǐ zuò wán suǒyǒu de zuòyè le ma?
Have you finished all your homework?
B
做完了，所有的题都不难。
Zuò wán le, suǒyǒu de tí dōu bù nán.
Yes, I have. All the questions were not difficult.
Related words and contrasts
similar
全部
quán bù
entire; all
全部 is often used for things, while 所有 can be used for people and things.
similar
一切
yī qiè
everything
一切 is more abstract, meaning 'everything' in a situation.