Chinese word

找到

Pronunciation

Pinyinzhǎo dào

Meaning

  • verbfind

Example

你找到手机了吗？nǐ zhǎo dào shǒu jī le ma

Did you find the phone?

Illustration for 找到 (find)

More examples

我终于找到东西了。wǒ zhōng yú zhǎo dào dōng xī le

I finally found something.

Core concept

The act of looking leads to the person or thing that was missing.

Common phrases

  • 找到东西zhǎo dào dōng xī

    find something

  • 找到朋友zhǎo dào péng yǒu

    find a friend

  • 找到答案zhǎo dào dá àn

    find the answer

Similar words

找zhǎo: Looking for a person or thing in order to locate it.
在找zài zhǎo: Currently searching for a person or thing that has not yet been found.
看到kàn dào: Seeing a person or thing come into view and recognizing that it is there.

Definition in Chinese

通过主动寻找或偶然发现而获得或定位某物或某人，表示找寻行为已结束并有结果。tōng guò zhǔ dòng xún zhǎo huò ǒu rán fā xiàn ér huò dé huò dìng wèi mǒu wù huò mǒu rén biǎo shì zhǎo xún xíng wéi yǐ jié shù bìng yǒu jié guǒ

Word origin

找到 (zhǎodào, "find") joins 找 (zhǎo, "look for") to 到 (dào, "reach"), linking the act of searching with its successful result.

Usage tips

  • English changes "find" to "found" for a past result, but Chinese uses the same word in different time settings, with time words or the surrounding sentence showing when the finding happens.

Other meanings

  • discoververb

Opposites

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