HSK 4 · Function Words

到处 dàochù “everywhere” in Chinese

Traditional 到處

What 到处 means

  1. everywhere

How to say 到处

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale到dào4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale处chù4th tone, falling

到处 in a sentence

  1. 市场上到处都很热闹。

    Shìchǎng shàng dàochù dōu hěn rènao.

    The whole market is buzzing with life.

    Sentence #2141833 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 要是我很有钱的话，我就会到处去旅游。

    Yàoshi wǒ hěn yǒuqián dehuà, wǒ jiù huì dàochù qù lǚyóu.

    If I were rich, I’d travel all over the place.

    Sentence #2737415 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我到处都找了，就是找不到我的钱包。

    Wǒ dàochù dōu zhǎo le, jiù shì zhǎo bu dào wǒ de qiánbāo.

    I’ve looked everywhere, but I just can’t find my wallet.

    Sentence #10324237 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 到处 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 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.

The character 处 (chu) with each of its parts in a different colour
处chùplace; locality
  • 夂go · zhǐ
  • 卜divination · bǔ

How to write 到处

到 8 strokes · 处 5 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 到处

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

Words with 处

好处hǎochu · benefit处理chǔlǐ · to handle相处xiāngchǔ · to get along (with someone)处置chǔzhì · to deal with处分chǔfèn · disciplinary action处境chǔjìng · situation恰到好处qiàdàohǎochù · just right

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差不多chàbuduō · almost从来cónglái · always大概dàgài · roughly大约dàyuē · approximately到底dàodǐ · after all得děi · to have to底dǐ · bottom对面duìmiàn · (sitting) opposite

FAQs

到处 (dàochù) means “everywhere”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it dàochù: dào with a 4th tone, then chù 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, 到处 is written 到處. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daochu with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 到处 from the suggestions. Typing daochu into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
到处 is an HSK 4 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.