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Chinese[edit]
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to (a place); until (a time); up to to (a place); until (a time); up to; to go; to arrive
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simp. and trad. (到埗)
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到
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埗
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alternative forms
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到埠 到步
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Pronunciation[edit]
到⫽埗 (verb-object)
- (Cantonese, intransitive) to arrive at one's destination
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今我主死國亡,我亦被擒到步 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
今我主死国亡,我亦被擒到步 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- gam1 ngo5 zyu2 sei2 gwok3 mong4, ngo5 jik6 bei6 kam4 dou3 bou6 [Jyutping]
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- Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site Archives: Box11-Folder21-Sheet1-Front
或佢到步看佢症主意如何 [Taishanese, trad. and simp.]- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site Archives: Box11-Folder63-Sheet1-Front-037
何月何時日子又至何日到步鹹水埠 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
何月何时日子又至何日到步咸水埠 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
1904, 約翰大衛德 [David D. Jones], quoting advertisement, The Surnames of the Chinese in America [旅美華人姓字], page 30:
凡華人到步未經工商部批准登岸者[…] [Classical Chinese, trad.]
凡华人到步未经工商部批准登岸者[…] [Classical Chinese, simp.]- faan4 waa4 jan4 dou3 bou6 mei6 ging1 gung1 soeng1 bou6 pai1 zeon2 dang1 ngon6 ze2 [... ] [Jyutping]
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還未到埗 我知道 忐忑的旅途 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
还未到埗 我知道 忐忑的旅途 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]- waan4 mei6 dou3 bou6, ngo5 zi1 dou3, taan2 tik1 dik1 leoi5 tou4 [Jyutping]
- Still have not arrived yet, I know the uneasy journey
- (Cantonese, transitive) to arrive at (a destination)
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