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达

dá

HSK 5 Character Traditional 達

What 达 means

1. to attain
2. to reach
3. to amount to
4. to communicate
5. eminent

Other readings

达 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Dásurname Da

Example sentences

• 欲速则不达。
  Yùsùzébùdá.
  Haste makes waste.
• 他是捕鱼达人。
  Tā shì bǔyú dárén.
  He is an expert at fishing.
• 琳达深夜回家。
  Lín dá shēnyè huíjiā.
  Linda came home late at night.
• 你想表达什幺？
  What do you mean?
• 他们何时抵达?
  When will they arrive?
• 我到达伦敦了。
  I arrived in London.

Words starting with 达

• 达到dá dàoto reach; to achieve; to attain
• 达成dá chéngto reach (an agreement); to accomplish
• 达赖喇嘛Dá lài Lǎ maDalai Lama
• 达标dá biāoto reach a set standard
• 达赖Dá làithe Dalai Lama; abbr. of 达赖喇嘛
• 达尔文Dá ěr wénCharles Darwin (1809–1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物种起源…
• 达拉斯Dá lā sīDallas
• 达摩Dá móDharma, the teaching of Buddha; Bodhidharma
• 达官贵人dá guān guì rén(idiom) high officials and noble lords; the powerful and influential
• 达人dá rén(colloquial) expert; connoisseur; guru; enthusiast…
• 达因dá yīn(loanword) dyne
• 达意dá yìto express or convey one's ideas
• 达不到dá bù dàocannot achieve; cannot reach
• 达拉特Dá lā tèDalad banner in Ordos 鄂尔多斯
• 达文西Dá wén xīLeonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter (Tw)
• 达成协议dá chéng xié yìto reach agreement
• 达尔文主义Dá ěr wén zhǔ yìDarwinism
• 达尔文学说Dá ěr wén xué shuōDarwinism
• 达尼亚Dá ní yàDania, Tania etc
• 达尔马提亚Dá ěr mǎ tí yàDalmatia, Croatian region on the eastern coast of Adriatic Sea
• 达卡Dá kǎDhaka, capital of Bangladesh; (Taiwan) Dakar, capital of Senegal
• 达致dá zhìto attain; to achieve
• 达观dá guānto take things philosophically
• 达官dá guānhigh-ranking official

Words containing 达

• 表达biǎo dáto express; to convey
• 到达dào dáto reach; to arrive
• 发达fā dáwell-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand…
• 抵达dǐ dáto arrive; to reach (a destination)
• 传达chuán dáto pass on; to convey; to relay
• 雷达léi dá(loanword) radar
• 转达zhuǎn dáto pass on; to convey; to communicate
• 萨达姆Sà dá mǔSaddam Hussein (1937–2006), president of Iraq 1979–2003
• 发达国家fā dá guó jiādeveloped nation
• 溜达liū dato stroll; to go for a walk
• 巴格达Bā gé dáBaghdad, capital of Iraq
• 直达zhí dáto reach (a place) directly; (transportation) to reach the destination without changing…
• 下达xià dáto transmit to lower levels; to issue (a command, decree etc)
• 马达mǎ dá(loanword) motor
• 八达岭Bā dá lǐngBadaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
• 捷达Jié dáJetta (car produced by Volkswagen)
• 豁达huò dáoptimistic; sanguine; generous
• 传达室chuán dá shìreception office; janitor's office
• 陈伯达Chén Bó dáChen Boda (1904-1989), communist party theorist, interpreter of Maoism
• 布达拉宫Bù dá lā gōngPotala, winter palace of Dalai Lamas in Lhasa, Tibet
• 送达sòng dáto deliver; to serve notice (law)
• 柯达Kē dáKodak (brand, US film company); full name Eastman Kodak Company 伊士曼柯达公司
• 哈达hǎ dákhata (Tibetan or Mongolian ceremonial scarf)
• 通达tōng dáto understand clearly; to be sensible or reasonable; understanding

Characters that look like 达

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 这zhè(pronoun) this; these; (bound form) this; the (followed by a noun); (bound form) this…
• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 边biānside; edge; margin
• 连liánto link; to join; to connect
• 远yuǎnfar; distant; remote
• 返fǎnto return (to)

Sounds the same

Read dá, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 答to answer; to reply; to respond
• 瘩sore; boil; scab
• 沓classifier for sheets of papers etc: pile, pad; Taiwan pr. tà
• 妲female personal name (archaic)
• 打(loanword) dozen; Taiwan pr. dǎ
• 靼(phonetic); dressed leather
• 鞑Tartar; a tribe in China
• 怛distressed; alarmed; shocked
• 繨a knot (of a rope)
• 笪rough bamboo mat
• 龖(literary) dragons in flight
• 剳hook; sickle