Chinese symbol for “finally”
到底
dào dǐ
finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all
The closest CC-CEDICT match for finally is 到底 (dào dǐ), defined as: finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “finally”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 最后 (最後) | zuì hòu | final; last; ultimate; finally; in the end |
| 终于 (終於) | zhōng yú | at last; in the end |
| 究竟 | jiū jìng | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all |
| 末后 (末後) | mò hòu | finally |
| 遂 | suì | to satisfy; to succeed |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 到底.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 得到 | dé dào | to get; to obtain; to receive |
| 受到 | shòu dào | to receive (praise, an education, punishment etc); to be ...ed (praised, educated, punished etc) |
| 达到 (達到) | dá dào | to reach; to achieve; to attain |
| 不到 | bù dào | not to arrive; not reaching |
| 找到 | zhǎo dào | to find |
| 彻底 (徹底) | chè dǐ | thorough; thoroughly |
| 年底 | nián dǐ | end of the year |
See also: Japanese symbol for “finally”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.