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Expressing "until" with "dao"
One kind of complement in Chinese involves putting 到 (dào) after the verb, followed by a time or other event. This 到 works much like the English word "until."
- Keywords
- 到 · 一直 · until
- Used for
- Expressing result · Describing actions
- Classification
- Verbs
Examples (10)
你们要玩到几点？
我们在酒吧一直聊到半夜。
你弟弟要在我们家住到什么时候？
昨天的会一直开到晚上九点。
我邻居今天吵架了，一直吵到警察过来。
我们晚上去吃火锅了，一直吃到火锅店关门。
他昨天一天都在打游戏，一直打到他妈妈回家。
你知不知道我们等你等到半夜？
我女儿昨天晚上写作业写到十二点半。
她给男朋友打电话打到手机没电。
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Summary, structure, classification, and adapted sentence examples draw from the AllSet Learning Chinese Grammar Wiki under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0; changes were made. This noncommercial reference is based on an October 2023 snapshot.
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