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到底 (dào dǐ): In the end (Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

到 • dào • to arrive; to get to • HSK 2.0 L2
HSK 2
dào到

to arrive; to get to

底 • dǐ • bottom • HSK 2.0 L4
HSK 4
dǐ底

bottom

Word Info

Pinyindào dǐ
Meaningin the end
Characters2
SyntaxAdverb
4.

How to Use 到底 in Sentences

Verb + Objectwith问
wèn问
ge个
dào到
dǐ底
neutral
get to the bottom of it
Subject + Adverb + Verbwith是
nǐ你
dào到
dǐ底
shì是
shéi谁
Adverb + Verb Phrasewith怎么
dào到
dǐ底
zěn怎
me么
le了
Adverb + Verb + Complementwith行
dào到
dǐ底
xíng行
bu不
xíng行
5.

Example Sentences with 到底

tā他
kǎo考
lǜ虑
le了
hěn很
cháng长
shí

HSK 4 Words

More vocabulary at the same HSK level as 到底.

  • 经验jīng yànexperience
  • 符合fú hétally with; accord with
  • 鼓励gǔ lìencourage
  • 国际guó jìinternational
  • 否则fǒu zéif not
  • 过程guò chéngcourse of events
  • 付款fù kuǎnpay a sum of money
  • 厨房chú fángkitchen
  • 父亲fù qīnfather
  • 海洋hǎi yángocean
  • 放暑假fàng shǔ jiàto be on summer vacation
  • 交通jiāo tōngtransport; traffic
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Words Sharing Characters

More common words that include characters from 到底.

Words with 到
  • 得到dé dàoto get
  • 感到gǎn dàoto feel; to sense; to perceive
  • 收到shōu dàoto receive
  • 直到
neutral
who on earth are you
informal
Spoken
what on earth happened
informal
Spoken
is it possible or not
时
jiān间
，
dào到
dǐ底
hái还
shì是
jué决
dìng定
qù去
běi北
jīng京
gōng工
zuò作
。
He thought about it for a long time, and in the end, he still decided to go to Beijing to work.
jīng经
guò过
jǐ几
gè个
yuè月
de的
nǔ努
lì力
，
zhè这
ge个
xiàng项
mù目
dào到
dǐ底
hái还
shì是
chéng成
gōng功
le了
。
After several months of effort, this project succeeded in the end.
tā他
dào到
dǐ底
méi没
lái来
cān参
jiā加
jù聚
huì会
，
ràng让
dà大
jiā家
hěn很
shī失
wàng望
。
He didn't come to the party in the end, which disappointed everyone.
suī虽
rán然
yù遇
dào到
le了
hěn很
duō多
kùn困
nan难
，
dàn但
wǒ我
men们
dào到
dǐ底
wán完
chéng成
le了
rèn任
wu务
。
Although we encountered many difficulties, we completed the task in the end.
wǒ我
dào到
dǐ底
hái还
shì是
jué决
dìng定
jiē接
shòu受
zhè这
fèn份
gōng工
zuò作
，
jǐn尽
guǎn管
xīn薪
shuǐ水
bù不
gāo高
。
I decided to accept this job in the end, even though the salary is not high.
zhí dào
until
  • 迟到chí dàoarrive late
  • 遇到yù dàoto meet
  • 到处dào chùeverywhere
  • 到来dào láito arrive
    • Words with 底
    • 年底nián dǐthe end of the year
    • 底下dǐ xiathe location below sth
    • 彻底chè dǐthorough
    • 心底xīn dǐbottom of one's heart; innermost feelings
    • 归根到底guī gēn dào dǐin the final analysis; in the long run
    • 功底gōng dǐFoundation / skills
    • 垫底diàn dǐBottom / lowest level
    • 底子dǐ ziFoundation / Basis