到

• 拼音: dào
• 汉字拆解: 到 = 至 (arrive) + 刀 (knife, phonetic component)

含义

To arrive; to reach; to go to. Indicates arrival at a destination or achieving a result.

Used as a main verb meaning to arrive (我到了, I've arrived), as a complement indicating successful completion (看到, see; 找到, find), and as a preposition meaning to or until (到北京, to Beijing; 到明天, until tomorrow).

例句

1. 我到学校了。
2. 你几点到？
3. 从这里到那里很近。

用法指南

语境: travel, everyday

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 我到家了。(I've arrived home.)
• 从北京到上海很远。(It's far from Beijing to Shanghai.)

错误说法

• 我到了去学校 (Don't use 去 after 到了 for arrival — say 我到学校了)

起源与历史

Composed of 至 (arrive) and 刀 (knife, serving as phonetic component) — to arrive at a place.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal