到 (dào): meaning and stroke order
到 (dào) means to reach; to arrive, to leave for; to go to, to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point).
到
- Simplified
- 到
- Traditional
- 到 (same form)
- Pinyin
- dào
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Stroke order of 到
到
- dào to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to
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Meaning of 到
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dào
- to reach; to arrive
- to leave for; to go to
- to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)
- (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point)
- considerate; thoughtful; thorough
Radical and structure
- 到
- Radical 刀 (Kangxi radical 18) · 8 strokes · 至 on the left, 刂 on the right
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Words with 到
- 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching
- 来到 lái dào to arrive; to come
- 到底 dào dǐ finally; in the end
- 到处 dào chù everywhere
- 到达 dào dá to reach; to arrive
- 受到 shòu dào to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)
- 回到 huí dào to return to
- 感到 gǎn dào to feel; to sense; to perceive
- 接到 jiē dào to receive (letter etc)
- 收到 shōu dào to receive
- 直到 zhí dào until
- 看到 kàn dào to see
到 in our stories
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九点，他们到医院。
jiǔ diǎn tāmen dào yīyuàn
At nine they reach the hospital.
From the story Taking a taxi HSK 1
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年来，看到红色。
Nián lái kàn dào hóngsè
Nian came and saw red everywhere.
From the story The story of Nian HSK 1
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晚上八点，他到了上海。
wǎnshang bā diǎn tā dào le Shànghǎi
At eight in the evening he arrived in Shanghai.
From the story At the airport HSK 2
Where you learn it
到 appears in the vocabulary of our HSK 1 learning material. This is a Mythic Mandarin word list, not an official HSK list.
Stories using 到
- Taking a taxi HSK 1
- The story of Nian HSK 1
- At the airport HSK 2
- Next Friday HSK 2
- How do I get to the bookshop? HSK 2
- New Year at Grandma and Grandpa's HSK 2
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).