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到底dàodǐafter all; in the end

Theme
Adverbs
Level
HSK 4
Strokes
16
Characters
2

How 到底 is written

Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.

到 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.
底 — 8 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

你到底去不去？

Nǐ dàodǐ qù bú qù?

Are you going or not, after all?

  • 你nǐyou
  • 到底dàodǐafter all; in the end
  • 去qùto go
  • 不bùno
  • 去qùto go

你到底想说什么？

Nǐ dàodǐ xiǎng shuō shénme?

What are you actually trying to say?

  • 你nǐyou
  • 到底dàodǐafter all; in the end
  • 想xiǎngto want; to think
  • 说shuōto speak
  • 什么shénmewhat?

Not to be confused with

Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.

  • 彻底
  • 到达
  • 海底