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Verb + 到 (succeed in reaching)
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Got the tickets!
- Concert tickets sold out in two minutes, but you clicked fast enough.
- my我to buy买until到ticket票(completed / change)了！ — "I managed to get tickets!"
Verb + until到 = reach the goal
- Verb + until到 marks that an action reached its goal: to buy买until到, to find找到, to see看到, heard听到, receive收到.
- you你receive收到my我(modifier / structural particle)的email邮件(completed / change)了(yes/no ?)吗？ — "Did you get my email?"
you你receive收到my我的email邮件了吗？
Complete: “I looked for it for ages but didn't find it.” 我找了半天也没找____。
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找到 = find (the goal reached).
Reaching a place, time or degree
- Place: he / him他to walk走until到doorway门口。 — "He walked to the door."
- Time: we我们chat聊until到very很late晚。 — "We chatted until very late."
we我们chat聊until到very很late晚。
Build: “We chatted until very late.”
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Verb + 到 + degree / time.
Searching versus finding
- to try to find找 = look for; to find找到 = find. my我to try to find找(completed / change)了，but可是not / haven't没to find找到 — "I looked but didn't find it."
- Negate with not / haven't没: 没买until到; potential: to buy买not不until到 / to buy买to get得到.
Which says “I can't get hold of this book anywhere”?
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Potential complement: 买不到.
to see看 / to see看到 / to see看见
- to see看 = look at (the action); to see看到 / to see看见 = see (the result).
- to listen to听 = listen; heard听到 / to hear听见 = hear: my我heard听到someone有人knock敲门.
I我heard听到someone有人knock敲门。
听 means “listen” and 听到 means “hear”.
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True. 听 is the action of listening; adding the result complement 到 shows the sound was actually perceived: 我听了，可是没听到.
Recap
- Verb + until到 = the action reached its goal (to buy买until到, to find找到, receive收到) or a place / time (to walk走until到, chat聊until到very很late晚).
- to try to find找 = search, to find找到 = find; negative not / haven't没…until到, potential …not to arrive不到.
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Complements.
Concert tickets sold out in two minutes, but you clicked fast enough. Close the examples. Say a Mandarin response, then write it in Chinese. Explain briefly in English what the lesson’s pattern adds. Compare with the model, then change one detail and try again.
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