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Until in Chinese

until · HSK 3

直到 zhí dào

  1. 直 zhí straight
  2. 到 dào to arrive

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How do you say until in Chinese?

Until in Chinese is 直到 (zhí dào). You can also say 至 (zhì), 为止 (wéi zhǐ), 到 (dào).

Which word should I use?

Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

Where do these words come from?

The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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Meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Chinese often has more than one way to say a word.