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132 words
Chinese word
至
Pronunciation
Pinyinzhì
Meaning
- prepositionto
Example
会议将从九点至十一点举行。huì yì jiāng cóng jiú diǎn zhì shí yì diǎn jǔ xíng
The meeting will be held from nine to eleven.
More examples
航班由北京至广州，预计下午到达。háng bān yóu běi jīng zhì guǎng zhōu yù jì xià wǔ dào dá
The flight from Beijing to Guangzhou is expected to arrive in the afternoon.
Core concept
A path comes all the way to a final point, with attention on where the movement or range ends.
Common phrases
从九点至十一点cóng jiú diǎn zhì shí yì diǎn
from nine to eleven
从南方至北方cóng nán fāng zhì běi fāng
from south to north
从五号至十号cóng wǔ hào zhì shí hào
from the fifth to the tenth
Similar words
到dào: Indicates the time, place, or point that movement or a range reaches.
直到zhí dào: Indicates that something remains in progress until a particular time.
截至jié zhì: Indicates the ending point of a period or scope in official records or reports.
Definition in Chinese
作介词时表示达到某一界限或终点，用于指明时间、地点或范围的终点，相当于“到（……为止）”；在书面语中常见，也可作动词表示到达。zuò jiè cí shí biǎo shì dá dào mǒu yí jiè xiàn huò zhōng diǎn yòng yú zhǐ míng shí jiān dì diǎn huò fàn wéi de zhōng diǎn xiāng dāng yú dào wéi zhǐ zài shū miàn yǔ zhōng cháng jiàn yě kě zuò dòng cí biǎo shì dào dá
Word origin
The character 至 (zhì, "reach") began with the idea of arriving at a destination, and this meaning extended naturally to the final point of a time or place range.
Usage tips
- In everyday conversation, this word can sound formal even though it remains common in written schedules and official notices.
Other meanings
- reachverb
- arriveverb
Opposites
- 从cóngfrompreposition
Related words
- 至少zhì shǎoat leastadverb
- 至多zhì duōat mostadverb
- 至今zhì jīnuntil nowadverb