Chinese word

到过

Pronunciation

Pinyindào guò

Meaning

  • verbhave been to

Example

你到过台湾吗？nǐ dào guò tái wān ma

Have you been to Taiwan?

Illustration for 到过 (have been to)

More examples

我去年到过日本。wǒ qù nián dào guò rì běn

I went to Japan last year.

Core concept

The trace of a journey ending at a particular place, viewed as a past experience.

Common phrases

  • 到过日本dào guò rì běn

    have been to Japan

  • 到过上海dào guò shàng hǎi

    have been to Shanghai

  • 到过故宫dào guò gù gōng

    have been to the Forbidden City

Similar words

去过qù guò: Expresses the experience of going to a place at some time in the past.
来过lái guò: Expresses a past experience of coming to a particular place, often where the speaker is.
到达dào dá: Means to reach a destination or arrive at a particular place.

Definition in Chinese

表示曾经去过并实际到达某地的经历，可用于陈述或询问过去的到访事实。biǎo shì céng jīng qù guò bìng shí jì dào dá mǒu dì de jīng lì kě yòng yú chén shù huò xún wèn guò qù de dào fǎng shì shí

Word origin

到 (dào, "arrive") + 过 (guo, "experience marker") presents arrival as an experience that has occurred before.

Usage tips

  • For a natural conversational question, the pattern places the place after the verb and adds 吗 (ma, "question particle") at the end, rather than translating each English word in order.

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