HSK 5 · Adjectives

周到 zhōudào “thoughtful” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 周到 means

  1. thoughtful
  2. considerate
  3. attentive
  4. thorough

How to say 周到

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale周zhōu1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale到dào4th tone, falling

周到 in a sentence

  1. 她非常周到和耐心。

    Tā fēicháng zhōudào hé nàixīn.

    She is very thoughtful and patient.

    Sentence #333172 from Tatoeba

  2. 你考虑周到，没有打扰我们。

    Nǐ kǎolǜ zhōudào, méiyǒu dǎrǎo wǒmen.

    It was considerate of you not to disturb us.

    Sentence #332563 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 你不能指望我一直考虑周到！

    Nǐ bùnéng zhǐwàng wǒ yìzhí kǎolǜ zhōudào!

    You can’t expect me to always think of everything!

    Sentence #335712 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 周到 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 周 (zhōu) with each of its parts in a different colour
周zhōuto make a circuit
  • 冂down box · jiōng
  • 土earth · tǔ
  • 口mouth · kǒu
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 周到

周 8 strokes · 到 8 strokes

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

Words related to 周到

Words with 周

周zhōu · week周末zhōumò · weekend周围zhōuwéi · environs周年zhōunián · anniversary周期zhōuqī · cycle周边zhōubiān · surrounding周密zhōumì · thorough周转zhōuzhuǎn · turnover周折zhōuzhé · twists and turns众所周知zhòngsuǒzhōuzhī · as everyone knows

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: Adjectives

整齐zhěngqí · orderly真实zhēnshí · true直zhí · straight重大zhòngdà · major主观zhǔguān · subjective紫zǐ · purple自觉zìjué · conscious自私zìsī · selfish

FAQs

周到 (zhōudào) means “thoughtful” or “considerate”. It is an HSK 5 word.
Say it zhōudào: zhōu with a 1st 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. 周到 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zhoudao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 周到 from the suggestions. Typing zhoudao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
周到 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 from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.