HSK 3 · More words

遇到

yù dào

to run into; to encounter

Stroke order of 遇到

2 characters, 20 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

遇 · 12 strokes到 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

Walking '辶' along, you bump into a monkey '禺' and arrive '到' together — an encounter.

Parts: 遇 meet by chance (辶 walk + 禺 monkey) + 到 arrive (至 + 刂)

The characters in 遇到

到 dào — to arrive; to reach (8 strokes)

Example sentence

我在路上遇到了老同学。

I ran into an old classmate on the way.

Words with 到

找到to find 来到to arrive; to come to 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

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