到处

到处 (dàochù) is an adverb meaning 'everywhere,' 'all over,' or 'in all places.' It describes an action happening across many locations: 到处都是人 ('there are people everywhere'), 我到处找你 ('I looked for you everywhere'). Grammatically it sits before the verb, and it very often pairs with 都 (dōu, 'all') for emphasis — 到处都... — which English speakers frequently drop by mistake.

Unlike English 'everywhere,' which can be a subject or object, 到处 is adverbial: you don't say 'everywhere is beautiful' word-for-word; you say 到处都很美 ('all over here is beautiful'). It is neutral in register and common in everyday speech. It carries a slight sense of scattered, wide-ranging coverage — searching, spreading, or appearing in many spots — rather than a single fixed 'all' location.