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遇到

yù dào

Old HSK 3 HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

遇到 (yù dào) means "to meet; to run into; to come across". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was HSK 3 in the old six-level list.

What 遇到 means

1. to meet; to run into; to come across

The characters in 遇到

• 遇yù(bound form) to encounter; to happen upon; to meet unplanned; (bound form) to treat…
• 到dàoto reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point)

Example sentences

• 你遇到了我。
  You bumped into me.
• 我遇到困难了。
  I am in trouble.
• 我遇到了故障。
  I encountered a problem.
• 他遇到了事故。
  He had an accident.
• 我遇到了汤姆。
  I bumped into Tom.
• 他遇到了麻烦。
  He's troubled.

Where 遇到 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Social Relations & Events (HSK 3), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 3 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read yù dào correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.