HSK 6 · Transport

抵达 dǐdá “to arrive” in Chinese

Traditional 抵達

What 抵达 means

  1. to arrive
  2. to reach
  3. to reach (a destination)

How to say 抵达

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale抵dǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale达dá2nd tone, rising

抵达 in a sentence

  1. 他们昨天平安抵达这里。

    Tāmen zuótiān píng'ān dǐdá zhèlǐ.

    They arrived here safely yesterday.

    Sentence #779064 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  2. 我们走了十分钟就抵达了博物馆。

    Wǒmen zǒu le shí fēnzhōng jiù dǐdá le bówùguǎn.

    After a ten-minute walk, we reached the museum.

    Sentence #9419141 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 我刚刚抵达了机场。

    Wǒ gānggāng dǐdá le jīchǎng.

    I’ve just arrived at the airport.

    Sentence #861076 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 抵达 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 抵 (dǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
抵dǐto press against; to support; to prop up
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 氐the name of an ancient tribe · dǐSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 氐 (dǐ) hints at the sound. Compare it with dǐ.

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 抵达

抵 8 strokes · 达 6 strokes

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

Words related to 抵达

Words with 抵

抵抗dǐkàng · to resist抵制dǐzhì · to boycott

Words with 达

表达biǎodá · to express达到dádào · to reach到达dàodá · 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

More words: Everyday Things

穿越chuānyuè · to pass through导航dǎoháng · navigation登陆dēnglù · to land颠簸diānbǒ · to jolt动身dòngshēn · to set out港口gǎngkǒu · port观光guānguāng · to go sightseeing轨道guǐdào · orbit

FAQs

抵达 (dǐdá) means “to arrive” or “to reach”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it dǐdá: dǐ with a 3rd 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, 抵达 is written 抵達. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dida with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 抵达 from the suggestions. Typing dida into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
抵达 is an HSK 6 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.