HSK 3 grammar · new HSK syllabus
More results: 找到, 记住, 拿走, 关上
到 = reached a goal, 住 = held firmly, 走 = taken away, 上 = closed or attached.
Structure
- Verb + 到 / 住 / 走 / 上
How it works
到 shows the action succeeded or reached its goal: 找到 found, 买到 managed to buy, 看到 saw.
住 shows something is held or fixed: 记住 remember, 站住 stop where you are.
走 shows something is taken away: 拿走, 借走. 上 shows closing or attaching: 关上, 穿上.
Examples
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我终于找到我的钥匙了。
Wǒ zhōngyú zhǎo dào wǒ de yàoshi le.
I finally found my keys.
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这个词你记住了吗？
Zhège cí nǐ jì zhù le ma?
Have you remembered this word?
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谁把我的书拿走了？
Shéi bǎ wǒ de shū ná zǒu le?
Who took my book?
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出门的时候请把门关上。
Chūmén de shíhou qǐng bǎ mén guān shàng.
Please close the door when you go out.
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我没买到票。
Wǒ méi mǎi dào piào.
I didn’t manage to get a ticket.
Words in these examples (26)
| 我 | wǒ | I; me | HSK 1 |
| 终于 | zhōngyú | finally; at last | HSK 3 |
| 找 | zhǎo | to look for; to find | HSK 1 |
| 到 | dào | to arrive; to go to | HSK 1 |
| 的 | de | (particle linking a describer to a noun, like "'s") | HSK 1 |
| 钥匙 | yàoshi | key | HSK 4 |
| 了 | le | (particle marking a completed action or a change) | HSK 1 |
| 这个 | zhège | this one | HSK 1 |
| 词 | cí | word | HSK 2 |
| 你 | nǐ | you | HSK 1 |
| 记 | jì | to remember; to write down | HSK 3 |
| 住 | zhù | to live (somewhere); to stay | HSK 1 |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for yes/no questions) | HSK 1 |
| 谁 | shéi/shuí | who | HSK 1 |
| 把 | bǎ | (marks the object before the verb: 把书放好); (measure word for chairs, umbrellas) | HSK 3 |
| 书 | shū | book | HSK 1 |
| 拿 | ná | to take; to hold; to carry | HSK 2 |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk; to leave | HSK 2 |
| 出门 | chūmén | to go out (of the house) | HSK 2 |
| 时候 | shíhou | time; when (as in …的时候) | HSK 1 |
| 请 | qǐng | please; to invite; to treat (pay for) | HSK 1 |
| 门 | mén | door; gate | HSK 2 |
| 关 | guān | to close; to turn off | HSK 3 |
| 上 | shàng | up; on; above; to go up; to get on; previous | HSK 1 |
| 买 | mǎi | to buy | HSK 1 |
| 票 | piào | ticket | HSK 2 |
Common mistakes
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✗我找了我的手机。（meaning “found”）
✓我找到了我的手机。
找 is “look for”; 找到 is “find”.
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✗我没记住了。
✓我没记住。
没 + verb + result, no 了.
Check yourself
Choose the word that fills the gap.
1. 我找了很久，终于找 了。
2. 请把这些词记 。
3. 太冷了，把窗户关 吧。