看到

kàndào

verb HSK 1 #159

Meanings

1 to see; to catch sight of

Characters

to reach; to arrive (result complement)

到 as a result complement indicates the action was successfully completed — you looked and actually saw it.

Examples

你看到他了吗？

Nǐ kàn dào tā le ma?

Did you see him?

我看到了一只猫。

Wǒ kàn dào le yì zhī māo.

I saw a cat.

Tips

grammar

看到 emphasizes the result of seeing (you actually saw it), while 看见 (kàn jiàn) means the same thing. Both contrast with just 看, which only means 'to look' without confirming you saw anything.

Stroke Order

看 kàn

到 dào