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Information of 到

Pinyindào

Radical

刂

Strokes

8 strokes

Usage

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Definition

to (a place) / until (a time) / up to / to go / to arrive

到 [dào] 1. 从别处来。 (1) Arrive from elsewhere: 到达 (arrive), 到站 (arrive at the station), 到来 (come), 到场 (arrive at the venue), 到任 (assume office), 到职 (take office), 到案 (present oneself), 签到 (sign in), 恰好处 (just right). 2. 往。 (2) Go to: 到群众中去 (go to the masses). 3. 周全，全顾得着。 (3) Considerate, attentive: 周到 (thoughtful), 面面俱到 (consider everything). 4. 成功。 (4) Succeed: 得到 (gain), 办到 (accomplish). 5. 姓。 (5) A surname. 动 [dào] - 本义: 到达，达来，去到 (The original meaning: arrive, reach, go to). - 造字法: 形声。从至，刀声 (Character formation: phonetic and semantic; "arrive" with "knife" sound). - 同本义 (Same original meaning): arrive. - 颠倒。通“倒” (Reverse; homophone with "倒" which means to turn upside down). - 往 (Go to; leave for). 引: 1. 《说文》: 到，至也。 (Shuo Wen: 到 means to reach.) 2. 《诗·大雅·韩奕》: 靡国不到。 (Book of Songs: No country has not reached.) 3. 《战国策·齐策》: 虽隆薛之城到于天。 (Warring States Strategies: Even the grand city of Xue reaches the sky.) 4. 《水经注·江水》: 朝发白帝，暮到江陵。 (Shui Jing Zhu: Departing from Baidi at dawn, arrive at Jiangling in the evening.) 5. 《史记·滑稽列传》: 豹往到邺，会长老，问之民所疾苦。 (Records of the Grand Historian: The leopard went to Ye, met the elders, and inquired about the people's sufferings.) 6. 李斯《谏逐客书》: 功施到今。 (Li Si: The achievements have reached to this day.) 7. 宋·王安石《伤仲永》: 复到舅家。 (Song Dynasty: Wang Anshi: Again arrived at the maternal uncle's house.) 例: 又如:到时 (at the time), 飞机半夜到北京 (the plane arrives in Beijing at midnight), 官员到后，会议就开始了 (the meeting will begin after the officials arrive), 到头来 (in the end; result). 动 [dào] - 同本义 (Same original meaning): arrive. 引: 1. 《庄子·外物》: 草木之到 (倒) 植者过半。 (Zhuangzi: More than half of the plants have been upside down.) 例: 又如:到植 (invert), 到三不着两 (disorganized; aimless). 3. 往 (Go to): 引: 1. 《乐府诗集·长歌行》: 百川东到海。 (Liang’s poetry: All rivers flow to the sea.) 例: 又如:到北京去 (go to Beijing). 助 [dào] - 用作动词的补语，表示动作达到目的或有了结果。如:办得到 (can accomplish), 说到做到 (keep promises), 想到 (thought of). 介 [dào] - 可作状语，介绍出动作的时间，表明动作到此时的状况 (can serve as an adverbial, introducing the time of action and indicating the state of action up to this point). 引: 1. 清·林觉民《与妻书》: 到那时使吾眼睁睁看汝死。 (Qing Dynasty: Lin Juemin, Letter to Wife: At that time, I will watch you die.) 形 [dào] 周到;周密 (Considerate; thoughtful). 如: 到地 (also known as 道地, thorough), 想得很周到 (thoughtful consideration).

周到 zhōu dào

thoughtful / considerate / attentive / thorough / also pr. [zhou1 dao5]

嗅到 xiù dào

smell / scent / sniff

尝到 cháng dào

taste / savour / savor

从头到尾 cóng tóu dào wěi

from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)

带到 dài dào

lead / bring / take

说到底 shuō dào dǐ

in the final analysis / in the end

马到成功 mǎ dào chéng gōng

to win instant success (idiom)

达到 dá dào

to reach / to achieve / to attain

受到 shòu dào

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc) / to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

看到 kàn dào

see / catch sight of

来到 lái dào

to come / to arrive

感到 gǎn dào

to feel / to sense / to have the feeling that / to think that / to move / to affect

找到 zhǎo dào

to find

回到 huí dào

to return to

见到 jiàn dào

to see

听到 tīng dào

to hear

想到 xiǎng dào

to think of / to call to mind / to anticipate

到底 dào dǐ

finally / in the end / when all is said and done / after all / to the end / to the last

遇到 yù dào

to meet / to run into / to come across

到达 dào dá

to reach / to arrive

到处 dào chù

everywhere

遭到 zāo dào

to suffer / to meet with (sth unfortunate)

没想到 méi xiǎng dào

didn't expect

到来 dào lái

to arrive / arrival / advent

恰到好处 qià dào hǎo chù

it's just perfect / it's just right

想不到 xiǎng bu dào

unexpected / hard to imagine / it had not occurred to me / who could have thought that

拿到 ná dào

get / get hold of

挂到 guà dào

hang to

接到 jiē dào

to receive (letter etc)

提到 tí dào

to mention / to raise (a subject) / to refer to

Input Method for 到

Pinyindao4

Wubi

gcfj

Cangjie

mgln

Zhengma

hbkd

Four Corner

12100

Unicode

U+5230

Same Pronunciation Characters

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Same Radical Characters

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