Chinese word

赶到

Pronunciation

Pinyingǎn dào

Meaning

  • verbrush to

Example

我接到电话后就赶到了医院。wǒ jiē dào diàn huà hòu jiù gǎn dào le yī yuàn

After I got the call, I rushed to the hospital.

Illustration for 赶到 (rush to)

More examples

听到爆炸声后，警察很快赶到了现场。tīng dào bào zhà shēng hòu jǐng chá hěn kuài gǎn dào le xiàn chǎng

After hearing the explosion, the police quickly rushed to the scene.

Core concept

Moves quickly toward a place and ends with arrival there.

Common phrases

  • 赶到医院gǎn dào yī yuàn

    rush to the hospital

  • 赶到现场gǎn dào xiàn chǎng

    rush to the scene

  • 赶到车站gǎn dào chē zhàn

    rush to the station

Similar words

赶来gǎn lái: Rush here and arrive here, often after receiving urgent news.
赶去gǎn qù: Rush there and arrive there, often after receiving urgent news.
到达dào dá: Arrive at a destination.

Definition in Chinese

为某件事匆忙前往某地并到达，常用于接到信息后迅速到现场wèi mǒu jiàn shì cōng máng qián wǎng mǒu dì bìng dào dá cháng yòng yú jiē dào xìn xī hòu xùn sù dào xiàn chǎng

Word origin

The compound 赶 (gǎn, "hurry") + 到 (dào, "arrive") combines urgent movement with the point reached, giving the meaning of hurrying to a place and getting there.

Usage tips

  • In everyday narration, adding 了 (le, "completed-action marker") after the verb phrase marks the arrival as completed, so the sentence reports an event that has happened.

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