赶到 (gǎn dào) — to rush to (a place) in time; to make it (to an…

Definition

verb

to rush to (a place) in timeto make it (to an event) by hurrying

赶到。
Wǒ men zhōng yú zài zuì hòu yì fēn zhōng gǎn dào le chē zhàn.
We finally rushed to the station in the last minute.
赶到，。
Jǐng chá gǎn dào xiàn chǎng shí, fā xiàn méi yǒu rén yuán shòu shāng.
When the police arrived at the scene, they found no one injured.
赶到，。
Wǒ men gǎn dào shí, bǐ sài yǐ jīng kāi shǐ wǔ fēn zhōng le.
By the time we arrived, the game had already been going for five minutes.

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

赶 expresses hurrying, 到 expresses arriving, so the word means to rush to a place in time.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 趕; 赶 is its simplified writing.

走旱趕

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

旱

Close in sound todayThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 趕 combines 走, for the meaning, and 旱, for the sound; this is about 趕, not 赶.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

至至zhìto arrive

Sound part声符shēngfú

刀

Same sound today

到 combines 至, meaning 'to arrive', with 刀 as the sound part. The 至 part points to the idea of reaching a stopping point.

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