到了

Chinese

Etymology 1

		to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (到了)		到	了

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàoliǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàoliǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàoliǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-liao³
    • Yale: dàu-lyǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawleau
    • Palladius: даоляо (daoljao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯ɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, erhua-ed)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàoliǎor
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄌㄧㄠˇㄦ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàoliǎor
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-liao³-ʼrh
    • Yale: dàu-lyǎur
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawleaul
    • Palladius: даоляор (daoljaor)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ li̯aʊ̯ɻʷ²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Adverb

到了

1. (regional, colloquial) in the end; at last

Usage notes

• The term should not be confused with two words meaning "have/has arrived, have/has come" and pronounced dào le in Mandarin, e.g.

  夏天到了！  ―  Xiàtiān dào le!  ―  The summer has come!

Etymology 2

		to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive	to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause) to know; to understand; (modal particle intensifying preceding clause); (completed action marker)
simp. and trad. (到了)		到	了
alternative forms		徦了

Pronunciation

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): kah-liáu / kà-liáu / kàu-liáu

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• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kah-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: kah-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kahliao
    • IPA (Penang): /ka(ʔ)³⁻⁴ liau⁴⁴⁵/
  • (Hokkien: Penang, Singapore)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kà-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: kà-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: karliao
    • IPA (Penang): /ka²¹⁻³³ liau⁴⁴⁵/
    • IPA (Singapore): /ka²¹⁻⁴² liau⁴²/
  • (Hokkien: Penang)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kàu-liáu
    • Tâi-lô: kàu-liáu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: kaoliao
    • IPA (Penang): /kau²¹⁻³³ liau⁴⁴⁵/

Noun

到了

1. (Malaysian and Singapore Hokkien) all; everything

Adjective

到了

1. (Penang Hokkien) entire; whole

Adverb

到了

1. (Penang Hokkien) all

   伊做的戲我到了捌看過 [Hokkien, trad.]
   伊做的戏我到了捌看过 [Hokkien, simp.]

   i chò ê hì óa kà-liáu bat khòaⁿ-kòe [Pe̍h-ōe-jī]

   I've seen all the films she made

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 都 (“all; both”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		皆, 均, 俱
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		都, 全, 皆, 均, 俱
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	都, 全
	Taiwan	都
	Malaysia	都
	Singapore	都
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	都, 全
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	都
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	都, 下
	Wuhan	都, 下
	Guilin	都
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	都, 全
	Hefei	都
Cantonese	Guangzhou	都
	Hong Kong	都
	Yangjiang	都
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	都
	Singapore (Guangfu)	都
Gan	Nanchang	都
Hakka	Meixian	都
	Wuhua (Meilin)	都
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	都
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	都
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	都
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	都
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	都
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	攏
Jin	Taiyuan	都, 全
Northern Min	Jian'ou	都
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	都
Southern Min	Xiamen	攏, 計, 計計
	Xiamen (Tong'an)	攏
	Quanzhou	攏, 計, 計計
	Zhangzhou	攏, 計, 計計
	Zhao'an	攏
	Dongshan	攏
	Tainan	攏
	Penang (Hokkien)	到了
	Singapore (Hokkien)	攏, 攏總, 計
	Manila (Hokkien)	攏, 攏總
	Chaozhou	攏
	Shantou	攏
	Jieyang	攏
	Singapore (Teochew)	攏
	Wenchang	都
	Qionghai	攏
	Singapore (Hainanese)	攏
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	都
Wu	Shanghai	儕, 禿 obsolete
	Shanghai (Songjiang)	儕
	Shanghai (Chongming)	儕, 孩
	Suzhou	儕
	Wuxi	儕
	Nantong (Haimen)	儕, 孩, 純, 恆, 禿
	Tongxiang	儕
	Ningbo	和
	Wenzhou	沃
	Lishui	都
	Qingyuan	都
Xiang	Changsha	下, 都
	Shuangfeng	下

Derived terms

• 到了人