直到
zhídào
until
Characters in this word
到 dào
- Strokes
- 8
- Radical
- 刂 — knife
- Made of
- 至 reach, arrive 刂 knife
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 直到今天。 Zhídào jīntiān. Until today.
- 他直到晚上才来。 Tā zhídào wǎnshang cái lái. He did not come until evening.
- 我直到现在才懂。 Wǒ zhídào xiànzài cái dǒng. I only understand now.
Related words
- 一直 yìzhí all the time; continuously
- 直接 zhíjiē directly; straight
- 简直 jiǎnzhí simply; practically
- 直 zhí straight
- 直播 zhíbō live broadcast
- 直线 zhíxiàn straight line
- 到 dào to arrive, to reach; to
- 得到 dédào to get, to obtain
- 回到 huídào to return to
- 看到 kàndào to see
- 来到 láidào to arrive, to come to
- 听到 tīngdào to hear