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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)
HSK 2 Very Common • Top 0% ✏️ 8 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

到
dào
to go to, to arrive
HSK 2 8 丶

Compound Words (20)

赶到
gǎndào
to hurry (to some place)
周到
zhōudào
thoughtful
HSK 5
谈到
tándào
to refer to
讲到
jiǎngdào
to talk about sth
遇到
yùdào
to meet
HSK 3
做到
zuòdào
to accomplish
等到
děngdào
to wait until
见到
jiàndào
to see
指到
zhǐdào
to point at
收到
shōudào
to receive
办到
bàndào
to accomplish
烧到
shāodào
to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
迟到
chídào
to arrive late
HSK 3
领到
lǐngdào
to receive
碰到
pèngdào
to come across
想到
xiǎngdào
to think of
老到
lǎodao
experienced and careful
临到
líndào
to befall
不到
bùdào
not to arrive
报到
bàodào
to report for duty
HSK 5

Example Sentences (10)

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
不远，走路二十分钟就到。
Bù yuǎn, zǒulù èrshí fēnzhōng jiù dào.
Not far; it's a 20-minute walk.
Text 4
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
那我帮你把衣服放到行李箱里吧。什么时候回来？
Nà wǒ bāng nǐ bǎ yīfu fàng dào xínglǐxiāng lǐ ba.Shénme shíhou huílai?
Then I'll help you put the clothes into the suitcase. When will you come back?
Text 2
在啤酒节上，你可以喝到世界上不同地方的啤酒。
Zài píjiǔjié shàng, nǐ kěyǐ hēdào shìjiè shàng bùtóng dìfāng de píjiǔ.
At the beer festival, you can drink beer from different places around the world.
Text 4
他已经到北京了？
tā yǐjīng dào Běijīng le?
Has he already arrived in Beijing?
Text 2
我下飞机了。你还有多长时间能到这儿？
Wǒ xià fēijī le.Nǐ hái yǒu duō cháng shíjiān néng dào zhèr?
I got off the plane. How long until you can get here?
Text 2
中年人说：浪漫是即使晚上加班到零点，到家时，自己家里也还亮着灯；
zhōngniánrén shuō：làngmàn shì jíshǐ wǎnshang jiābān dào língdiǎn,dàojiā shí,zìjǐ jiālǐ yě hái liàngzhe dēng；
Middle-aged people say: Romance is that even if you work overtime at night until midnight, when you get home, the lights in your own home are still on;
Text 4
我明天8点就要到公司。
wǒ míngtiān bā diǎn jiù yào dào gōngsī.
I have to be at the company by 8 tomorrow.
Text 1

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
2
Character Frequency Rank
21
Word Frequency Rank
44 of 84,292