见到

• Pinyin: jiàn dào
• Hanzi breakdown: 见 (jiàn) — to see, to meet; 到 (dào) — to arrive, result complement indicating completion

Meaning

To see; to meet. Indicates successfully seeing or meeting someone, with a sense of completion.

The result complement 到 after 见 indicates that the seeing or meeting was achieved. More emphatic than 见 alone. Common in expressions like 很高兴见到你 (nice to meet you).

Examples

1. 我很高兴见到你。 I'm very happy to meet you.
2. 昨天我在商店见到了她。 I saw her at the store yesterday.
3. 他终于见到了自己的老朋友。 He finally met his old friend.

Usage Guide

Context: greetings, social, everyday

Tone: warm

Do Say

• 很高兴见到你！(Nice to meet you!)
• 我在路上见到了王老师。(I ran into Teacher Wang on the street.)

Don't Say

• 不要说'见到见' (Don't say 见到见 — 到 is already a result complement; just say 见到 or 见面)

Origin & History

Compound of 见 (to see, to meet) and 到 (to arrive, result complement). 到 adds a sense of successful completion to the action of seeing.

Cultural Context

Generation: All ages

Social background: Universal