得到
HSK 3 (exam 2025)HSK 1 (2021)
得到 (dédào) · to get
得到 (dédào) means “to get; to obtain”. It is written with 2 characters: 得 (to get) + 到 (to arrive). It is an HSK 3 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 得到 is built
The characters
得 dé · to get
What 得 is made of
- 彳chì — to step with the left foot
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 旦dàn — dawn
- 日rì — sun; day
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 日rì — sun; day
- 寸cùn — inch
Origin hint: A hand 寸 grabbing a shell 旦 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
到 dào · to arrive
What 到 is made of
- 至zhì — reach
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 厶sī — private
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 刂dāo — knife
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 亅 — hook
Origin hint: 至 gives the meaning, 刂 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
他得到了一本新书。Tā dédào le yī běn xīn shū.He got a new book.
你得到票了吗？Nǐ dédào piào le ma?Did you get the ticket?
Questions about 得到
What does 得到 mean?
得到 (dédào) means “to get; to obtain”.
How do you pronounce 得到?
得到 is pronounced dédào.
Which HSK level is 得到?
得到 is in HSK 3 (exam 2025) and HSK 1 (2021).
Related words
- 记得jìdeto remember
- 觉得juédeto feel
- 得出déchūto reach (a result)
- 懂得dǒngdeto understand
- 取得qǔdéto get
- 不得不bùdébùto have to
- 得分défēnto score
- 认得rèndeto know
- 显得xiǎndeto seem
- 值得zhídeto be worth
Learn 得到 with its group
It is part of HSK 1 (2021) · Group 23: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.