HSK 5 · Verbs

导致 dǎozhì “to lead to” in Chinese

Traditional 導致

What 导致 means

  1. to lead to
  2. to cause
  3. to result in
  4. to create
  5. to bring about

How to say 导致

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale导dǎo3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale致zhì4th tone, falling

导致 in a sentence

  1. 那事故是他的粗心导致的。

    Nà shìgù shì tā de cūxīn dǎozhì de.

    That accident was due to his carelessness.

    Sentence #5911750 from Tatoeba

  2. 如果小错误不被立即纠正，可能会导致严重问题。

    Rúguǒ xiǎo cuòwù bú bèi lìjí jiūzhèng, kěnéng huì dǎozhì yánzhòng wèntí.

    If small mistakes are not corrected at once, they may lead to serious problems.

    Sentence #2915543 from Tatoeba

  3. 道路结冰导致了很多起事故。

    Dàolù jiébīng dǎozhì le hěn duō qǐ shìgù.

    Icy roads caused a lot of accidents.

    Sentence #332922 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 导致 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 导 (dǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour
导dǎoto transmit
  • 巳part of the character
  • 寸inch · cùn
The character 致 (zhì) with each of its parts in a different colour
致zhìfine; delicate; exquisite
  • 至arrive · zhìSound part
  • 攵tap form of 攴 · pūMeaning part

攵 hints at the meaning (tap); 至 (zhì) hints at the sound. Compare it with zhì.

How to write 导致

导 6 strokes · 致 10 strokes

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

Words related to 导致

Words with 导

导游dǎoyóu · tour guide指导zhǐdǎo · to guide辅导fǔdǎo · to give guidance导演dǎoyǎn · director (of a film or play)领导lǐngdǎo · leader倡导chàngdǎo · to advocate引导yǐndǎo · to guide主导zhǔdǎo · dominant导弹dǎodàn · guided missile导航dǎoháng · navigation

Words with 致

一致yízhì · consistent致辞zhìcí · to give a speech (formal)别致biézhì · unique精致jīngzhì · exquisite细致xìzhì · careful致力zhìlì · to devote oneself to大致dàzhì · roughly以致yǐzhì · with the result that致使zhìshǐ · to cause兴致勃勃xìngzhìbóbó · full of enthusiasm

More words: Common Verbs

代替dàitì · to replace打交道dǎjiāodào · to come into contact with耽误dānwu · to delay挡dǎng · to block到达dàodá · to reach登记dēngjì · to register (one’s name)等待děngdài · to wait等于děngyú · to equal

FAQs

导致 (dǎozhì) means “to lead to” or “to cause”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dǎozhì: dǎo with a 3rd tone, then zhì 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, 导致 is written 導致. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daozhi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 导致 from the suggestions. Typing daozhi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
导致 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.