(dào) - to arrive; to (destination); result complement in Mandarin

dào

Traditional: 到

HSK 1

#45 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to arrive; to (destination); result complement

Word origin

到 is a phono-semantic compound: 至 (zhì, to reach) is the meaning element and 刂/刀 (dāo) supplies the sound. It means 'to arrive, to reach', and serves as a result complement and directional marker.

Origin: phono-semantic compound
Root: 至 (zhì, to reach) + 刂 (dāo, phonetic)

Stroke order

到

Examples

！

We have arrived!

？

What time does the train arrive here?

。

He found a job.

。

I will arrive in Shanghai tomorrow.

，。

Time is up, let us go.

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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 到.

看到kàn dàoto see, to catch sight of 找到zhǎo dàoto find, to locate 得到dé dàoto obtain, to get, to receive 到底dào dǐafter all, in the end, on earth 听到tīng dàoto hear, to catch (a sound)见到jiàn dàoto meet, to see, to encounter 回到huí dàoto return to, to get back to 做到zuò dàoto achieve, to manage to do, to accomplish 感到gǎn dàoto feel, to sense 直到zhí dàountil, up to, not until 收到shōu dàoto receive, to get (something sent)来到lái dàoto come to, to arrive at 拿到ná dàoto obtain, to get, to receive 想到xiǎng dàoto think of, to come to mind 遇到yù dàomeet, encounter, run into 到处dào chùeverywhere, all over 受到shòu dàoto receive, to suffer 迟到chí dàoto be late, to arrive late 到达dào dáto arrive, to reach 没想到méi xiǎng dàodid not expect, unexpectedly 提到tí dàoto mention, to refer to, to bring up 等到děng dàowait until, by the time 碰到pèng dàoto run into, to bump into, to encounter 接到jiē dàoto receive, to get (a call, message, or notice)

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