HSK 5 · Work

报到 bàodào “to report for duty” in Chinese

Traditional 報到

What 报到 means

  1. to report for duty
  2. to check in
  3. to register

How to say 报到

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale报bào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale到dào4th tone, falling

报到 in a sentence

  1. 新生九月一号到学校报到。

    Xīnshēng Jiǔyuè yī hào dào xuéxiào bàodào.

    New students register at the school on the first of September.

    Sentence by WillyChina

  2. 明天早上八点到公司报到。

    Míngtiān zǎoshang bā diǎn dào gōngsī bàodào.

    Report to the company at eight tomorrow morning.

    Sentence by WillyChina

How 报到 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 报 (bào) with each of its parts in a different colour
报bàoto report; to inform; to announce
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 卩seal · jié
  • 又again · yòu
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 报到

报 7 strokes · 到 8 strokes

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

Words related to 报到

Words with 报

报纸bàozhǐ · newspaper报名bàomíng · to sign up报道bàodào · to report (news)报告bàogào · to inform预报yùbào · forecast报社bàoshè · newspaper office报仇bàochóu · to take revenge报答bàodá · to repay (a kindness)报复bàofu · to retaliate报酬bàochou · pay

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: Work & Career

报告bàogào · to inform编辑biānjí · to edit部门bùmén · department辞职cízhí · to resign助理zhùlǐ · assistant助手zhùshǒu · assistant资深zīshēn · senior作风zuòfēng · style (of work)

FAQs

报到 (bàodào) means “to report for duty” or “to check in”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it bàodào: bào with a 4th 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, 报到 is written 報到. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type baodao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 报到 from the suggestions. Typing baodao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
报到 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 written by WillyChina. Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.