我全都要
I want them all
我全都要！I want them all!
我全都要 means “I want them all”. It is the answer to any “pick one” question when you will not pick: both dishes, both jackets, every option.
- Took off
- 2017
- Started in
- A 1994 film
- Today
- Now everyday Chinese
What it means
It is a joke about greed and hard choices. Someone offers you A or B, and you take both.
People often put a line in front of it: 小孩子才做选择，成年人全都要, “only kids choose; adults take everything”.
How people use it
我全都要 is now everyday Chinese and safe to use anywhere. It works for food, shopping and plans: anything with options.
晚上吃饺子还是面条？
Dumplings or noodles tonight?我全都要
I want both.那再加个西瓜？
Add a watermelon too?也要！
That too!
[Sticker] Scribbly drawing of a man in a red hat: 'I want them all'
More examples
火锅和烧烤？我全都要！
Hotpot or barbecue? I want both!
两件衣服都好看，小孩子才做选择，我全都要。
Both tops look good. Only kids choose. I’ll take both.
Where it came from
The line comes from 九品芝麻官 (Hail the Judge), a 1994 Hong Kong comedy starring Stephen Chow. In one scene the hero offers to split some money with a greedy constable, Lei Bao, and keep the bigger share for himself. Lei Bao answers 我全都要.
More than twenty years later, forum users found a new use for it. Posts that asked “which one would you pick?”, often about actresses or game characters, got a screenshot of Lei Bao as the reply. The fan wiki Moegirl dates the boom to the end of 2017.
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Sources
- Moegirl: 我全都要 (in Chinese) (zh.moegirl.org.cn)
- Wikipedia: 九品芝麻官 (in Chinese) (zh.wikipedia.org)
- Toutiao: where stickers come from, 2022 (in Chinese) (toutiao.com)
Checked November 2026. The picture at the top is our own drawing of 灯灯. The original meme image belongs to its owner and is shown to explain the meme. To ask us to remove it, write to legal@dengdeng.app.
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