到底dào dǐin the end

1. 1.

   in the endadverb

2. 2.

   after alladverb

• 到to reach; to arrive
• 底bottom; base

See it in 我等了很久，他到底来了, 他到底还是来了 and 他到底是个孩子.

1. HSK 3

   我等了很久，他到底来了。

   Wǒ děng le hěn jiǔ, tā dàodǐ lái le.

   I waited a long time, and in the end he came.

2. HSK 2

   他到底还是来了。

   Tā dàodǐ háishi lái le.

   In the end, he still came.

3. HSK 1

   他到底是个孩子。

   Tā dàodǐ shì ge háizi.

   He is a child, after all.

1. 
   Speaker A:

   他来了吗？

   Tā lái le ma?

   Did he come?

2. 
   Speaker B:

   我等了很久，他到底来了。

   Wǒ děng le hěn jiǔ, tā dàodǐ lái le.

   I waited a long time, and in the end he came.

3. 
   Speaker A:

   他为什么来晚了？

   Tā wèishénme lái wǎn le?

   Why was he late?

4. 
   Speaker B:

   他到底是个孩子。

   Tā dàodǐ shì ge háizi.

   He is a child, after all.

1. 1.Fill in the blank: 我等了很久，他___来了。 (I waited a long time, and in the end he came.)

   A到底B不C没
2. 2.What does 他到底是个孩子。 mean?

   AHe is a child, after all.BHe is not a child.CIs he a child?
3. 3.Fill in the blank: 他___还是来了。 (In the end, he still came.)

   A到底B很C太

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Related words

• 底dǐbottom; baseHSK 4
• 到处dào chùeverywhereHSK 3
• 受到shòu dàoto receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc)HSK 3
• 得到dé dàoto get; to obtain; to receiveHSK 3
• 感到gǎn dàoto feel; to sense; to perceiveHSK 3
• 收到shōu dàoto receiveHSK 3

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