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dào

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dào Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
dào | dao4
English translation
to (a place)
until (a time)
up to
to go
to arrive
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
to go to, to arrive

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About dào

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Number of strokes

8

Traditional form

dào

Contains the radical

dāo

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

arrive

Etymology of dào

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

至刂

Semantic compound

zhì

Phonetic compound

dāo

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. zhì represents the meaning and dāo represents the sound.

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Example sentences using dào

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回到 huí dào 家里 jiā lǐ shí 情绪 qíngxù 非常 fēicháng hǎo .

He felt in excellent spirits when he arrived home.

dào huì 人数 rén shù 二百 guà líng ér .

Two hundred odd were present at the meeting.

经常 jīngcháng mèng dào Bié de 地方 dìfāng de 奇观 qí guān Jǐng .

She often dreamed about the wonders of the world beyond.

一下 yīxià zhuàng dào 门框 mén kuàng shǎng , tóu zhuàng le .

I charged into a doorpost and hurt my head.

我们 wǒmen 注意 zhùyì dào Fāng 上述 shàng shù 标题 biāotí xià de 八月 Bā yuè 五日来信 lái xìn .

We have noted your letter of August 5 under the above caption.

Words with dào

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
dào up to dào
得到 dé dào to get得到 dé dào
找到 zhǎo dào to find找到 zhǎo dào
达到 dádào to reach達到
到底 dàodǐ finally到底 dàodǐ
到了 dào liǎo at last到了 dào liǎo
感到 gǎn dào to feel感到 gǎn dào
想到 xiǎng dào to think of想到 xiǎng dào
受到 shòudào to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)受到 shòudào
听到 tīng dào to hear聽到
不到 bù dào not to arrive不到 bù dào
见到 jiàn dào to see見到
回到 huí dào to return to回到 huí dào
来到 lái dào to come來到
遇到 yùdào to meet遇到 yùdào
收到 shōu dào to receive收到 shōu dào
直到 zhí dào until直到 zhí dào
到处 dàochù everywhere到處
到达 dàodá to reach到達
做到 zuò dào to accomplish做到 zuò dào
迟到 chídào to arrive late遲到
赶到 gǎn dào to hurry (to some place)趕到
提到 tí dào to mention提到 tí dào
碰到 pèng dào to come across碰到 pèng dào

dào Decomposition & Compounds

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dào Decomposition

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dào Compounds

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