HSK 1 · Coming & going

来到

lái dào

to arrive; to come to

Stroke order of 来到

2 characters, 15 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

来 · 7 strokes 到 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

来 looks like wheat 木 with grain arriving; 到 has 至 reaching with a knife 刂 stopping short.

Parts: 来 come + 到 arrive

The characters in 来到

来 lái — to come (7 strokes)
到 dào — to arrive; to reach (8 strokes)

Example sentence

我们来到了北京。

We have arrived in Beijing.

Words with 来

起来to get up; to rise 来to come 出来to come out 进来to come in 回来to come back 来自to come from 后来afterwards; later 原来originally; so it turns out 接下来next; following 越来越more and more 带来to bring 过来to come over 上来to come up 下来to come down 传来to come through (of sound or news)以来since 从来always; ever 本来originally

Words with 到

找到to find 回到to return to 到to arrive; to reach 看到to see 听到to hear 得到to get; to receive 等到by the time; to wait until 到处everywhere 感到to feel 想到to think of 做到to achieve; to manage to do 送到to deliver to 收到to receive 接到to receive 受到to receive; to be given 拿到to get; to obtain 见到to see; to meet 碰到to run into

More words: Coming & going

来to come 去to go 回to return; to go back 出to go out; to exit 进to enter 回到to return to 出来to come out 出去to go out 进来to come in 进去to go in 回来to come back 回去to go back 走to walk; to leave 走路to walk 跑to run 到to arrive; to reach

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