(yù dào) - meet, encounter, run into in Mandarin
yùdàoTraditional: 遇到
Translation
meet, encounter, run into
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Word origin
A compound of 遇 (yù, 'to meet, encounter') and 到 (dào, 'to arrive, reach'), a resultative verb meaning 'to run into'. 遇 is a phono-semantic compound of 辶 (movement radical) with 禺 as phonetic; 到 combines 至 (zhì, 'to arrive') with 刂.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 遇 (yù, 'to meet'; 辶 movement + 禺 phonetic) + 到 (dào, 'to arrive')
Stroke order
遇
到
Examples
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I ran into him on the street.
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She encountered trouble.
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We ran into a problem.
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I bumped into an old friend at the station today.
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Running into difficulties in study is quite normal.
遇到 (yù dào) means meet, encounter, run into. It is used as a verb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 10, lesson 9: 遇到, 身边, 伟大 and 7 more words.