来到

Character by character

• 来lái7 strokesHSK 1 traditional 來come, coming; return, returning
• 到dào8 strokesHSK 1go to, arrive, been to

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 来到. 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

• 来láiHSK 1

  to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回来); ever since (as in 自古以来); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 来世); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得 to indicate possibility, as in 谈得来, or after 不 to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不来)

• 看到kàn dàoHSK 1

  to see

• 起来qǐ laiHSK 1

  to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qǐ lái]

• 找到zhǎo dàoHSK 1

  to find

• 出来chū láiHSK 1

  to come out; to appear; to arise

• 得到dé dàoHSK 1

  to get; to obtain; to receive

• 见到jiàn dàoHSK 2

  to see

• 回来huí laiHSK 1

  to return; to come back

• 下来xià laiHSK 3

  to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)

• 来自lái zìHSK 2

  to come from (a place); From: (in email header)

• 带来dài láiHSK 2

  to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce

• 过来guò láiHSK 2

  to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of

• 想到xiǎng dàoHSK 2

  to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate

• 到底dào dǐHSK 3

  finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last

• 未来wèi láiHSK 4

  future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending

• 感到gǎn dàoHSK 2

  to feel; to sense; to perceive

• 看来kàn laiHSK 4

  apparently; it seems that

• 原来yuán láiHSK 2

  original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out

• 做到zuò dàoHSK 2

  to accomplish; to achieve

• 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

• 回到huí dàoHSK 1

  to return to

• 越来越yuè lái yuèHSK 2

  more and more