Chinese Notes

到 dào

dào verb to arrive
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain:
Notes: Used as a full verb in this sense (Guoyu '到' v 1; Unihan '到')
dào preposition arrive / receive
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain:
Notes: Often used after a verb, such as 听, as a complement of result to indicate that something has occurred or reached a certain state (Norman 1988, p. 131). For example, 我听到了 'I heard that.'
dào verb to go
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain:
Notes: In the sense of 去 (Guoyu '到' v 2)
dào adjective careful
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain:
Notes: In the sense of 周密 (Guoyu '到' a 1)
dào proper noun Dao
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '到' n 1)

Contained in

办到(辦到) to accomplish / to get something done
呛到(嗆到) to choke on (food etc) / to swallow the wrong way
一年到头(一年到頭) all year round
功到自然成 effort will undoubtedly lead to success
看到 see (that) / saw / note
指到 to point at / to indicate
大限到来(大限到來) to die / one's allocated lifespan is accomplished
马到成功(馬到成功) to win instant success
土到不行 old-fashioned / extremely kitsch
走马到任(走馬到任) to ride to take up an official appointment / to take on a job with alacrity / to undertake a task
得不到 cannot get / cannot obtain
联产到劳(聯產到勞) to pay somebody according to their productivity
联产到户(聯產到戶) household responsibility system
强辩到底(強辯到底) to argue endlessly / to try to have the last word
不问就听不到假话(不問就聽不到假話) Don't ask and you won't be told any lies.
牵马到河易，强马饮水难(牽馬到河易，強馬飲水難) You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.
料到 to foresee / to anticipate
门到门(門到門) door to door
到期 to become due / to expire
到访(到訪) to pay a visit
到那个时候(到那個時候) until this moment
听到(聽到) to hear
到达大厅(到達大廳) arrival hall
从头到尾(從頭到尾) from start to finish / from head to tail / the whole (thing)
临到(臨到) to befall
新来乍到(新來乍到) newly arrived
梦到(夢到) to dream of / to dream about
意识到(意識到) to become conscious of
接到 to receive
碰到 to meet / encounter
听不到(聽不到) can't hear
回到 to return to
活到老，学到老(活到老，學到老) One is never too old to learn.
到底 finally / in the end
办不到(辦不到) impossible / can't be done / no can do / unable to accomplish
周到(週到) thoughtful / considerate
闻到(聞到) to smell / to sniff something out / to perceive by smelling
卡到阴(卡到陰) to be possessed / to be bewitched
谈到(談到) to refer to / to speak about / to talk about
找不到 cannot find
打破砂锅问到底(打破砂鍋問到底) to go to the bottom of things
到达(到達) to reach / to arrive
得到 to get / to obtain
到手 to take possession of / to get hold of
到来(到來) to arrive
感觉到(感覺到) to feel / to sense / to detect / to perceive / to become aware

Also contained in

到彼岸

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

第三十八回 Chapter 38 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 45
第四十八回 Chapter 48 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 43
第二十三回 Chapter 23 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 43
第四十一回 Chapter 41 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 38
第四十三回 Chapter 43 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 36
第二十八回 Chapter 28 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 35
第二十一回 Chapter 21 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 35
第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 34
第四十三回 Chapter 43 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 34
第五十九回 Chapter 59 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 34

Collocations

未到 (未到) 未到 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《呂太后本紀》Annals of Empress Dowager Lü — count: 5
令到 (令到) 令到出臨三日 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《孝文本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowen Emperor — count: 3
民到 (民到) 民到于今受其賜 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 14. 《憲問》 Xian Wen — count: 3
兵到 (兵到) 兵到大梁 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《魏世家》 House of Wei — count: 2
传到 (傳到) 到傳到城止 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五雜守 Book 15 - Miscellaneous Measures in Defense — count: 2
到城 (到城) 到傳到城止 — Mozi 墨子, 卷十五雜守 Book 15 - Miscellaneous Measures in Defense — count: 2
到丰 (到豐) 到豐西澤中 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《高祖本紀》 Annals of Gao Zu — count: 2
及到 (及到) 及到 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《封禪書》 Religious sacrificial ceremonies — count: 2
到耳 (到耳) 到耳順止 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — count: 2
屈到 (屈到) 屈到為莫敖 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — count: 2