HSK 5 · Verbs

达到 dádào “to reach” in Chinese

Traditional 達到

What 达到 means

  1. to reach
  2. to achieve
  3. to attain

How to say 达到

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale达dá2nd tone, rising
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale到dào4th tone, falling

达到 in a sentence

  1. 他终于达到了自己的目标。

    Tā zhōngyú dádào le zìjǐ de mùbiāo.

    He finally reached his goal.

    Sentence #7769165 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 价格已经达到了十三年以来的最高点。

    Jiàgé yǐjīng dádào le shísān nián yǐlái de zuì gāo diǎn.

    Prices have reached a thirteen-year high.

    Sentence #8553170 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我必须说，你的写作达到了非常好的水准。

    Wǒ bìxū shuō, nǐ de xiězuò dádào le fēicháng hǎo de shuǐzhǔn.

    I must say, your writing has reached a very high standard.

    Sentence #790785 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 达到 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 达 (dá) with each of its parts in a different colour
达dáto attain
  • 大big · dàSound part
  • 辶walking form of 辵 · chuòMeaning part

辶 hints at the meaning (walking); 大 (dà) hints at the sound. Compare it with dá.

The character 到 (dào) with each of its parts in a different colour
到dàoto reach; to arrive
  • 至arrive · zhìMeaning part
  • 刂knife form of 刀 · dāoSound part

至 hints at the meaning (arrive); 刂 (dāo) hints at the sound. Compare it with dào.

Memory aidArrive 至 gives the meaning; the knife 刂 (刀 dāo) gives the sound: to arrive.

How to write 达到

达 6 strokes · 到 8 strokes

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达到 (dádào) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 达到 (dádào). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 达到

Words with 达

表达biǎodá · to express到达dàodá · to reach发达fādá · well-developed传达chuándá · to convey转达zhuǎndá · to pass on达成dáchéng · to reach (an agreement)雷达léidá · radar抵达dǐdá · to arrive

Words with 到

到dào · to迟到chídào · arrive late遇到yùdào · to meet想到xiǎngdào · to think of感到gǎndào · to feel见到jiàndào · to see做到zuòdào · to accomplish直到zhídào · until得到dédào · to get收到shōudào · to receive

More words: Common Verbs

促进cùjìn · to promote (an idea or cause)促使cùshǐ · to induce催cuī · to urge存在cúnzài · to exist代表dàibiǎo · representative代替dàitì · to replace打交道dǎjiāodào · to come into contact with耽误dānwu · to delay

FAQs

达到 (dádào) means “to reach” or “to achieve”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dádào: dá with a 2nd tone, then dào with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 达到 is written 達到. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dadao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 达到 from the suggestions. Typing dadao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
达到 is an HSK 5 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.