到底

Character by character

• 到dào8 strokesHSK 1go to, arrive, been to
• 底dǐ8 strokesHSK 3bottom, underneath, underside

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 你到底是谁？

  Nǐ dào dǐ shì shéi

  Who are you, anyway?

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• 到底怎么了？

  Dào dǐ zěn me le

  What on earth is the matter?

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• 你到底是怎么做的？

  Nǐ dào dǐ shì zěn me zuò de

  How in the world did you do it?

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• 你到底为什么在这里？

  Nǐ dào dǐ wèi shén me zài zhè li

  Why on earth are you here?

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 到底. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 到dàoHSK 1

  to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough

• 看到kàn dàoHSK 1

  to see

• 找到zhǎo dàoHSK 1

  to find

• 得到dé dàoHSK 1

  to get; to obtain; to receive

• 见到jiàn dàoHSK 2

  to see

• 想到xiǎng dàoHSK 2

  to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate

• 感到gǎn dàoHSK 2

  to feel; to sense; to perceive

• 做到zuò dàoHSK 2

  to accomplish; to achieve

• 底dǐHSK 4

  background; bottom; base; end (of the month, year etc); remnants; (math.) radix; base

• 受到shòu dàoHSK 2

  to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)

• 听到tīng dàoHSK 1

  to hear

• 来到lái dàoHSK 1

  to arrive; to come

• 回到huí dàoHSK 1

  to return to

• 遇到yù dàoHSK 4

  to meet; to run into; to come across

• 收到shōu dàoHSK 2

  to receive

• 达到dá dàoHSK 3

  to reach; to achieve; to attain

• 直到zhí dàoHSK 3

  until

• 彻底chè dǐHSK 4

  thorough; thoroughly; complete

• 接到jiē dàoHSK 2

  to receive (letter etc)

• 到达dào dáHSK 3

  to reach; to arrive

• 到处dào chùHSK 2

  everywhere

• 提到tí dàoHSK 2

  to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to

• 到来dào láiHSK 5

  to arrive; arrival; advent

• 赶到gǎn dàoHSK 3

  to hurry (to some place)