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找到

zhǎo dào · zhao dao

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Meaning

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  1. to find
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  1. Liangliang

    你(nǐ)找到(zhǎodào)卫生间(wèishēngjiān)了(le)吗(ma)？

    Did you find the restroom?

  2. Dengdeng

    找到(zhǎodào)了(le)！在(zài)市场(shìchǎng)的(de)后面(hòumian)。

    Found it! It is behind the market.

  3. Liangliang

    太(tài)好(hǎo)了(le)，我(wǒ)也(yě)去(qù)。

    Great, I will go too.

  4. Dengdeng

    不过(bùguò)，那里(nàli)排队(páiduì)的(de)人(rén)很(hěn)多(duō)。

    But there are many people in line.

  5. Liangliang

    我们(wǒmen)去(qù)找(zhǎo)最(zuì)短(duǎn)的(de)队(duì)吧(ba)。

    Let us go find the shortest line.

  6. Dengdeng

    最(zuì)短(duǎn)的(de)也(yě)有(yǒu)二十(èrshí)个(gè)人(rén)。

    Even the shortest has twenty people.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

你(nǐ)怎(zěn)么(me)找(zhǎo)到(dào)我(wǒ)的(de)房(fáng)子(zi)的(de)？

How did you find my house?

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

02

杰(jié)夫(fū)找(zhǎo)了(le)三(sān)个(gè)月(yuè)以(yǐ)后(hòu)才(cái)找(zhǎo)到(dào)了(le)一(yí)份(fèn)工(gōng)作(zuò)。

Jeff searched for three months before he found a job.

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

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找
zhǎo

to try to find; to look for

到
dào

to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to

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