不到

búdào

phrase #1,801

Meanings

1 less than
2 unable to reach
3 not enough

Characters

Examples

他不到二十岁。

Tā búdào èrshí suì.

He's not yet twenty years old.

我找不到我的钥匙。

Wǒ zhǎo búdào wǒ de yàoshi.

I can't find my keys.

不到一个小时就到了。

Búdào yīgè xiǎoshí jiù dào le.

We arrived in less than an hour.

Tips

grammar

不到 has two main uses: (1) before a number to mean 'less than' (不到十分钟), and (2) after a verb as a result complement meaning 'unable to' (找不到, 看不到, 想不到).

Stroke Order

不 bù

到 dào