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Until in Chinese: 直到 (zhí dào)

zhí dào

until

HSK 3.0 Level 31 example sentence

Definitions

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直
到

Zhuyin

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ㄓˊ

zhí

ㄓ/ zhˊ/ second tone

ㄉㄠˋ

dào

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 他一直等,直到妈妈回来。

    tā yì zhí děng, zhí dào mā ma huí lái。

    He kept waiting until his mother came back.

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Related words

到

dào

to reach

直

zhí

straight

迟到

chí dào

to arrive late

一直

yī zhí

straight (in a straight line)

遇到

yù dào

to meet

到处

dào chù

everywhere

到底

dào dǐ

finally

受到

shòu dào

to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc)

直接

zhí jiē

direct (opposite: indirect 间接)

达到

dá dào

to reach

到达

dào dá

to reach

简直

jiǎn zhí

simply

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