(dào dǐ) - after all, in the end, on earth in Mandarin

dàodǐ

Traditional: 到底

HSK 3

#267 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

after all, in the end, on earth

Word origin

The word 到底 combines 到 'to reach' with 底 'bottom', literally 'reaching the bottom', meaning 'after all, in the end'. 底 has the 广 (shelter) radical with 氐 (dǐ) as phonetic.

Origin: compound
Root: 到 (dào, to reach) + 底 (dǐ, bottom: 广 shelter + 氐 phonetic)

Stroke order

到

底

Examples

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Who on earth is it?

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What on earth happened?

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What exactly do you want?

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Are you coming or not?

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What on earth is he thinking?

到底 (dào dǐ) means after all, in the end, on earth. It is used as a adverb in everyday Mandarin speech.

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This word is part of lesson 6.