到 dào

1. dào verb to arrive
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: Used as a full verb in this sense (Guoyu '到' v 1; Unihan '到')
2. dào preposition arrive; receive
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words
   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.'
3. dào verb to go
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 去 (Guoyu '到' v 2)
4. dào adjective careful
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 周密 (Guoyu '到' a 1)
5. dào proper noun Dao
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
   Notes: (Guoyu '到' n 1)

Contained in

• 关系到(關係到) relates to; bears upon
• 到家 perfect; excellent; brought to the utmost degree
• 到时(到時) at that (future) time
• 烧到(燒到) to have a fever reaching (a certain temperature)
• 想不到 unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that
• 到底 finally; in the end
• 用户到网络的接口(用戶到網絡的接口) User-Network Interface; UNI
• 白头到老(白頭到老) (to live together until the) white hairs of old age; to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss
• 做不到 impossible
• 想到 to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
• 到处出现(到處出現) springing up everywhere
• 到处(到處) everywhere
• 到付 collect on delivery (COD)
• 梦到(夢到) to dream of; to dream about
• 呛到(嗆到) to choke on (food etc); to swallow the wrong way
• 包产到户(包產到戶) fixing of farm output quotas for each household
• 到访(到訪) to pay a visit
• 手到拈来(手到拈來) to stretch a hand and grab it; easy to do
• 看到 see (that); saw; note
• 到此 when at this point
• 说到(說到) to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for
• 闻到(聞到) to smell; to sniff something out; to perceive by smelling
• 赶到(趕到) to hurry (to some place)
• 受到 to receive; to suffer; to obtain
• 拼到底 to brave it out; to the bitter end
• 涨到(漲到) to go up; to rise
• 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.
• 不到 unexpectedly ; unlikely ; not reaching; insufficient
• 乍到 to arrive for the first time; to unexpectedly arrive
• 到目前 up until now; to date
• 一步到位(一步到位) to settle a matter in one go
• 送货到家(送貨到家) home delivery
• 遭到 to suffer; to meet with something unfortunate
• 货到付款(貨到付款) cash on delivery (COD)
• 一条道走到黑(一條道走到黑) to stick to one's ways; to cling to one's course
• 指到 to point at; to indicate
• 来到(來到) to come; to arrive
• 船到桥头自然直(船到橋頭自然直) when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current; everything will be all right
• 随叫随到(隨叫隨到) to be available at any time; to be on call
• 不到火候不揭锅(不到火候不揭鍋) don't act until the time is ripe
• 到期日 closing date (of contract); maturity (of an investment bond)
• 收到 to receive
• 到达(到達) to reach; to arrive
• 到现在(到現在) up until now; to date
• 感到 to feel; to sense
• 一年到头(一年到頭) all year round
• 药到病除(藥到病除) the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken; (of a medical treatment) to give instant results
• 见到(見到) to see
• 找不到 cannot find
• 挨到 close in sequence

Also contained in

十到彼岸

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
• 第五十四回 Chapter 54 The Scholars 儒林外史 — count: 34
• 第四回 Chapter 4 Water Margin 水滸傳 — 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
• 书到 (書到) 書到 — Luxuriant Dew of the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋繁露, 卷十六 執贄第七十二 山川頌第七十三 求雨第七十四 止雨第七十五 祭義第七十六 循天之道第七十七　Scroll 16 — count: 3
• 到彭城 (到彭城) 到彭城 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《六國年表》 Yearly Chronicle of the Six States — count: 2
• 南到 (南到) 南到華陰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《河渠書》 Rivers and canals — 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
• 到耳顺 (到耳順) 到耳順止 — Canon of Supreme Mystery 太玄經, Full Text — 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
• 到华阴 (到華陰) 南到華陰 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《河渠書》 Rivers and canals — count: 2