Chinese word

来到

Pronunciation

Pinyinlái dào

Meaning

  • verbarrive

Example

我们终于来到山顶了。wǒ men zhōng yú lái dào shān dǐng le

We finally arrived at the top of the mountain.

Illustration for 来到 (arrive)

More examples

他上午九点就来到学校了。tā shàng wǔ jiú diǎn jiù lái dào xué xiào le

He had already arrived at school by nine in the morning.

Core concept

Movement reaches its endpoint, leaving someone or something at a place or in a new state.

Common phrases

  • 来到学校lái dào xué xiào

    arrive at school

  • 来到中国lái dào zhōng guó

    arrive in China

  • 来到办公室lái dào bàn gōng shì

    arrive at the office

Similar words

来lái: Comes in the direction of the speaker or the situation's central point.
到dào: Gets to a destination or achieves a goal.
去qù: Goes in a direction away from the speaker or the situation's central point.

Definition in Chinese

表示动作已完成并到达某处或达到某种状态，强调结果性，口语叙述中常见。biǎo shì dòng zuò yǐ wán chéng bìng dào dá mǒu chù huò dá dào móu zhǒng zhuàng tài qiáng diào jié guǒ xìng kóu yǔ xù shù zhōng cháng jiàn

Word origin

来 (lái, "come") + 到 (dào, "reach") combines movement toward a destination with the result of getting there.

Usage tips

  • English speakers may link "come" only with movement toward the speaker, but 来到 (láidào, "arrive") can describe reaching a place in a story even when the speaker is elsewhere.

Other meanings

  • comeverb
  • reachverb
  • visitverb

Opposites

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