到 (dào) means To (arrive - go to). Below are 24 of the 72 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我第一个 到 教室。
Wǒ dìyī gè dào jiàoshì.
I was the first to get to the classroom.
Dictionary example · HSK 2 · 第一
遇 到 问题别着急。
Yùdào wèntí bié zháojí.
Don't panic when you run into a problem.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 遇到
他总是第一个 到 。
Tā zǒngshì dìyī gè dào.
He is always the first to arrive.
Dictionary example · HSK 3 · 总是
From the graded readers
今天早上我迟 到 了。
jīntiān zǎoshang wǒ chídào le / liǎo / liào.
I was late this morning.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
八点半我必须 到 公司。
bā diǎn bàn wǒ bìxū dào gōngsī.
I have to be at the office by half past eight.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · Late for Work
那天我做 到 夜里一点。
nà / nèi tiān wǒ zuòdào yèlǐ yīdiǎn.
I worked until one in the morning that night.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Learning to Say No
我早上七点 到 了火车站。
wǒ zǎoshang qī diǎn dàole huǒchēzhàn.
I got to the station at seven in the morning.
Graded reader · HSK 2 · The Train to Shanghai
我八点 到 学校，没有迟 到 。
wǒ bā diǎn dào xuéxiào, méiyǒu chídào.
I got to school at eight and wasn't late.
Graded reader · HSK 1 · Going to School
上个月，我收 到 了一封信。
shànggèyuè, wǒ shōudào le / liǎo / liào yī fēng xìn.
Last month I received a letter.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · A Letter From Grandmother
三天以后，快递就送 到 了。
sāntiān yǐhòu, kuài dì jiù sòngdào le / liǎo / liào.
Three days later the delivery arrived.
Graded reader · HSK 3 · Shopping Online
From the travel phrasebook
空运多久 到 ？
Kōngyùn duō jiǔ dào?
How long does air freight take?
Travel phrasebook · Shipping and customs
我发 到 集运仓。
Wǒ fā dào jíyùncāng.
Send it to my forwarding warehouse.
Travel phrasebook · Sourcing online (1688 and Alibaba)
From the grammar library
春节要 到 了。
Chūnjié yào dào le.
Spring Festival is nearly here.
Grammar library · HSK 2 · 快…了 / 要…了 — about to happen
我找 到 了我的钥匙。
Wǒ zhǎodào le wǒ de yàoshi.
I found my keys.
Grammar library · HSK 3 · Result complements — 完, 好, 到, 见
到 appears in 72 sentences on this site; the 24 shortest and most direct are shown. The rest are on the pages they were written for — the graded readers, the phrasebook and the grammar library.
Words that contain 到
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 到
How is 到 used in a sentence?
This page shows 72 sentences using 到 (dào, "To (arrive - go to)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 到 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 到 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 到 an HSK word?
Yes — 到 is on the official HSK 2 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 2 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 到?
The dictionary page for 到 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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