HSK 3.0 Level 3 · Everyday Verbs

得到 dédào “to get” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 得到 means

  1. to get
  2. to obtain
  3. to receive

How to say 得到

  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale得dé2nd 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

得到 in a sentence

  1. 这是我得到过的最好的礼物。

    Zhè shì wǒ dédào guo de zuì hǎo de lǐwù.

    This is the best present I’ve ever received.

    Sentence #1314480 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 你可以免费得到它。

    Nǐ kěyǐ miǎnfèi dédào tā.

    You can get it for free.

    Sentence #689262 from Tatoeba

  3. 我最终得到了我要的那本书。

    Wǒ zuìzhōng dédào le wǒ yào de nà běn shū.

    I finally got hold of the book I wanted.

    Sentence #1839141 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 得到 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 得 (de) with each of its parts in a different colour
得déto obtain
  • 彳step · chì
  • 旦dawn · dàn
  • 寸inch · cùn

Memory aidA hand 寸 picking up a shell, once used as money, while out on the road 彳: to get.

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 得到

得 11 strokes · 到 8 strokes

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

Words related to 得到

Words with 得

得de · particle linking a verb to how it is done (e.g. 跑得快觉得juéde · to feel记得jìde · remember得分défēn · to score (points)懂得dǒngde · to understand认得rènde · to recognise获得huòdé · to obtain得意déyì · proud of oneself值得zhíde · to be worth来得及láidejí · to have enough time

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收到shōudào · to receive受到shòudào · to receive (praise

More words: Everyday Verbs

忘wàng · to forget下来xiàlai · to come down游yóu · to swim起qǐ · to rise受shòu · to receive跳tiào · to jump收到shōudào · to receive养yǎng · to raise (animals)

FAQs

得到 (dédào) means “to get” or “to obtain”. It is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word.
Say it dédào: dé 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.
Yes. 得到 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dedao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 得到 from the suggestions. Typing dedao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
得到 is an HSK 3.0 Level 3 word in the official 2021 syllabus, and it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 4 word list. It is not on the older 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.