HSK 3.0 Band 3 list · Action

做到 zuòdào “to accomplish” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 做到 means

  1. to accomplish
  2. to achieve

How to say 做到

  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale做zuò4th tone, falling
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale到dào4th tone, falling

做到 in a sentence

  1. 任何人都可以做到。

    Rènhé rén dōu kěyǐ zuòdào.

    Anyone can do that.

    Sentence #825765 from Tatoeba

  2. 你做到啦！

    Nǐ zuòdào la!

    You did it!

    Sentence #469302 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她终于做到了。

    Tā zhōngyú zuòdào le.

    She finally did it.

    Sentence #6098469 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 做到 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 做 (zuò) with each of its parts in a different colour
做zuòto make; to produce
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 故reason · gù

Memory aidPerson 亻 with 故 (gù) for the sound: to do, to make.

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 做到

做 11 strokes · 到 8 strokes

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

Words related to 做到

Words with 做

做zuò · to do做饭zuòfàn · to prepare a meal做客zuòkè · to be a guest做主zuòzhǔ · to make the decision

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直到zhídào · until得到dédào · to get收到shōudào · to receive受到shòudào · to receive (praise

More words: Action & Change Verbs

加jiā · to add选xuǎn · to choose办bàn · to handle查chá · to check带来dàilái · to bring (about)变成biànchéng · to turn into服务fúwù · to serve进入jìnrù · to enter

FAQs

做到 (zuòdào) means “to accomplish” or “to achieve”. It is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 word list.
Say it zuòdào: zuò with a 4th 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. 做到 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type zuodao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 做到 from the suggestions. Typing zuodao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
做到 is not listed as a separate word in the official 2021 HSK 3.0 syllabus, but it is on our HSK 3.0 Band 3 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.