到校 (dào jiào) — to arrive at school (for classes or work)

Definition

Compound of 到 ('arrive') + 校 ('school'): 'to arrive at / get to school'. It focuses on physically reaching the school gates or campus, not on attending class — use 到 (HSK 2) for the motion, 校 to specify the place.

verb

to arrive at school (for classes or work)

Examples

到校。
Xué shēng měi tiān zǎo shàng bā diǎn dào jiào.
Students arrive at school every morning at eight.
，。
Wǒ jīn tiān dào xiào bǐ jiào wǎn, chí dào le shí fēn zhōng.
I arrived at school quite late today and was ten minutes late.
？
Nǐ zuó tiān dào guò xiào ma?
Did you come to school yesterday?

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