HSK 5 · Verbs

到达 dàodá “to reach” in Chinese

Traditional 到達

What 到达 means

  1. to reach
  2. to arrive

How to say 到达

  • 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 second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale达dá2nd tone, rising

到达 in a sentence

  1. 我们会在一小时内到达。

    Wǒmen huì zài yì xiǎoshí nèi dàodá.

    We’ll get there within an hour.

    Sentence #1218192 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 有时候火车没能按时到达。

    Yǒushíhou huǒchē méi néng ànshí dàodá.

    Sometimes the train doesn’t arrive on time.

    Sentence #733135 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 他们终于到达了山顶。

    Tāmen zhōngyú dàodá le shāndǐng.

    At last, they reached the top of the mountain.

    Sentence #337288 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 到达 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 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.

How to write 到达

到 8 strokes · 达 6 strokes

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

Words related to 到达

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 达

表达biǎodá · to express达到dádào · 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

More words: Common Verbs

打交道dǎjiāodào · to come into contact with耽误dānwu · to delay挡dǎng · to block导致dǎozhì · to lead to登记dēngjì · to register (one’s name)等待děngdài · to wait等于děngyú · to equal滴dī · a drop

FAQs

到达 (dàodá) means “to reach” or “to arrive”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it dàodá: dào with a 4th tone, then dá with a 2nd 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, 到达 is written 到達. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type daoda with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 到达 from the suggestions. Typing daoda into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
到达 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.