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导致

dǎo zhì · dao zhi

Traditional 導致

HSK 4Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about
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The power cut

  1. Liangliang

    咦(yí)，灯(dēng)怎么(zěnme)都(dōu)灭(miè)了(le)？

    Hey, why did all the lights go out?

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)刚才(gāngcái)开(kāi)了(le)烤箱(kǎoxiāng)，还(hái)烧(shāo)了(le)热水(rèshuǐ)。

    I just turned on the oven and also boiled water.

  3. Liangliang

    同时(tóngshí)用(yòng)这么(zhème)多(duō)电(diàn)，导致(dǎozhì)停电(tíngdiàn)了(le)吧(ba)？

    Using so much power at once caused the power cut, right?

  4. Dengdeng

    对(duì)，我的(wǒde)烤箱(kǎoxiāng)导致(dǎozhì)整栋楼(zhěngdònglóu)都(dōu)没电(méidiàn)了(le)！

    Yes, my oven caused the whole building to lose power!

  5. Liangliang

    那(nà)我们(wǒmen)去(qù)跟(gēn)邻居(línjū)道歉(dàoqiàn)，顺便(shùnbiàn)借(jiè)根(gēn)蜡烛(làzhú)。

    Then let us apologize to the neighbours and borrow a candle while we are at it.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

不(bù)遵(zūn)守(shǒu)命(mìng)名(míng)规(guī)则(zé)会(huì)导(dǎo)致(zhì)解(jiě)析(xī)错(cuò)误(wù)。

Not complying with the naming conventions will result in parse errors.

Tatoeba: Chinese by vicch · English by vicch · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)场(chǎng)大(dà)雨(yǔ)导(dǎo)致(zhì)很(hěn)多(duō)航(háng)班(bān)被(bèi)取(qǔ)消(xiāo)。

This heavy rain caused many flights to be canceled.

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导
dǎo

to transmit; to lead

致
zhì

(literary) to send; to transmit; to convey; (bound form) to cause; to lead to; consequently

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