to in Chinese

How to write 到

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到 is listed in the official HSK vocabulary at HSK 1. The beginner band covers the first, most essential words every learner needs.

到 in a sentence

• 我wǒ到dào学xué校xiào了le。

  I arrived at school.

• 从cóng这zhè里lǐ到dào家jiā很hěn近jìn。

  It is close from here to home.

• 飞fēi机jī十shí点diǎn到dào。

  The plane arrives at ten.

到 vs 去 vs 找到

Similar and easily confused words, and how they differ.

• 去 qù to go

  去 = 'go to' a place; 到 = 'arrive' or 'up to'. Direction vs arrival.

• 找到 zhǎo dào to find

  到 doubles as a result suffix 'succeed in reaching' — 找到 'find', 看到 'see'. There 到 isn't 'arrive'.