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到
dào
1.
to (a place)
2.
until (a time)
3.
up to
4.
to go
5.
to arrive
6.
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
不到
bùdào
not to arrive
来到
láidào
to come
做到
zuòdào
to accomplish
到了
dàoliǎo
at last
到位
dàowèi
to get to the intended location
到来
dàolái
to arrive
到场
dàochǎng
to show up
到家
dàojiā
perfect
到底
dàodǐ
finally
到手
dàoshǒu
to take possession of
到时
dàoshí
at that (future) time
到期
dàoqī
to fall due (loan etc)
到案
dàoàn
to make an appearance in court
到此
dàocǐ
hereto
到处
dàochù
everywhere
到访
dàofǎng
to pay a visit
到货
dàohuò
(of packages or shipments) to arrive
到达
dàodá
to reach
到头
dàotóu
to the end (of)
到齐
dàoqí
to be all present
Example Sentences (10)
喂，李文，你什么时候能到饭店？
Wèi, Lǐ Wén, nǐ shénme shíhou néng dào fàndiàn?
Hello, Li Wen, when can you arrive at the restaurant?
Text 1
我昨天晚上做了一个特别奇怪的梦，梦到自己正在一座桥上走，走着走着，突然开过来一辆车，非常危险，接着又梦见我跳到车上，跟警察一起抓住了一个坏人。
Wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang zuò le yī gè tèbié qíguài de mèng, mèngdào zìjǐ zhèngzài yī zuò qiáo shàng zǒu, zǒuzhe zǒuzhe, tūrán kāi guòlái yī liàng chē, fēicháng wēixiǎn, jiēzhe yòu mèngjiàn wǒ tiào dào chē shàng, gēn jǐngchá yīqǐ zhuāzhù le yī gè huàirén.
Last night I had a very strange dream: I dreamed I was walking on a bridge, and as I was walking, a car suddenly drove over, which was very dangerous. Then I dreamed I jumped onto the car and, together with the police, caught a bad guy.
Text 3
我昨天晚上做了一个特别奇怪的梦，梦到自己正在一座桥上走，走着走着，突然开过来一辆车，非常危险，接着又梦见我跳到车上，跟警察一起抓住了一个坏人。
Wǒ zuótiān wǎnshang zuò le yī gè tèbié qíguài de mèng, mèngdào zìjǐ zhèngzài yī zuò qiáo shàng zǒu, zǒuzhe zǒuzhe, tūrán kāi guòlái yī liàng chē, fēicháng wēixiǎn, jiēzhe yòu mèngjiàn wǒ tiào dào chē shàng, gēn jǐngchá yīqǐ zhuāzhù le yī gè huàirén.
Last night I had a very strange dream: I dreamed I was walking on a bridge, and as I was walking, a car suddenly drove over, which was very dangerous. Then I dreamed I jumped onto the car and, together with the police, caught a bad guy.
Text 3
这是明天你出差要带的毛巾、牙膏和牙刷，把它们放到箱子里吧。
Zhè shì Míngtiān nǐ chūchāi yào dài de Máojīn, Yágāo hé Yáshuā, bǎ tāmen fàngdào Xiāngzi lǐ ba.
These are the towel, toothpaste, and toothbrush you need to bring for your business trip tomorrow. Put them in the suitcase.
Text 1
你们的飞机到北京要几个小时？
Nǐmen de fēijī dào běijīng yào jǐ gè xiǎoshí?
How many hours does your plane take to get to Beijing?
Text 3
说到结婚，人们就会很自然地想起爱情。
Shuō dào jiéhūn, rénmen jiù huì hěn zìrán de xiǎng qǐ àiqíng.
When it comes to marriage, people naturally think of love.
Text 5
但对我来说，最重要的是旅行能让我有机会尝到各地有名的小吃。
Dàn duì wǒ láishuō, zuì zhòngyào de shì lǚxíng néng ràng wǒ yǒu jīhuì chángdào gèdì yǒumíng de xiǎochī.
But for me, the most important thing is that traveling gives me the chance to taste famous snacks from various places.
Text 5
是啊，你不知道？我上个月就搬家了，走路二十分钟就到。
Shì a, nǐ bù zhī dào? Wǒ shàng gè yuè jiù bān jiā le, zǒu lù èr shí fēn zhōng jiù dào.
Yeah, you didn't know? I moved last month; it's only a 20-minute walk.
Text 3
到6月9号，我们就结婚二十年了。这么多年，我们的生活一直挺幸福的。
Dào liù yuè jiǔ hào, wǒmen jiù jiéhūn èrshí nián le. Zhème duō nián, wǒmen de shēnghuó yìzhí tǐng xìngfú de.
By June 9th, we'll have been married for twenty years. All these years, our life has always been quite happy.
Text 3
每年三四月份的时候，如果从北方坐火车到南方去旅游，一路上你会发现，不同的地方有不同的风景：窗外的树一棵一棵地变绿，北方也许还下着雪，南方却已经到处都是绿色了。
Měinián sānsì yuèfèn de shíhòu, rúguǒ cóng běifāng zuò huǒchē dào nánfāng qù lǚyóu, yílùshàng nǐ huì fāxiàn, bùtóng de dìfāng yǒu bùtóng de fēngjǐng: chuāngwài de shù yìkē yìkē de biànlǜ, běifāng yěxǔ hái xià zhe xuě, nánfāng què yǐjīng dàochù dōu shì lǜsè le.
Around March or April each year, if you take a train from the north to the south to travel, along the way you will find that different places have different scenery: the trees outside the window turn green one by one, it may still be snowing in the north, but in the south it is already green everywhere.
Text 4
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 2
- Character Frequency Rank
- 21
- Word Frequency Rank
- 44 of 84,292