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Expressing "all the way until" with "zhidao" ============================================

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- [Complement with "dao"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Complement_with_%22dao%22) (B1) - [Expressing "when" with "dengdao"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22when%22_with_%22dengdao%22) (B1)

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[Sequencing events in time](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Sequencing_events_in_time), [Expressing attitude](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_attitude)

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[直到](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E7%9B%B4%E5%88%B0), [到](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/%E5%88%B0)

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[until](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Until), [by the time](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/By_the_time)

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直到 (zhídào) can only be used to describe the past, acting like the English word "all the way until." It can be used in an affirmative or negative form, expressing that something has taken a while or is late.

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- [1 Affirmative Form](#Affirmative_Form "wikilink") - [1.1 Structure](#Structure "wikilink") - [1.2 Examples](#Examples "wikilink") - [2 Negative Form](#Negative_Form "wikilink") - [2.1 Structure](#Structure_2 "wikilink") - [2.2 Examples](#Examples_2 "wikilink") - [3 See also](#See_also "wikilink") - [4 Sources and further reading](#Sources_and_further_reading "wikilink") - [4.1 Books](#Books "wikilink")

Affirmative Form ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Structure

直到 + Time / Event ，Subj. + 才 ⋯⋯

This subject can also be place before 直到. ### Examples

- *直到* 十二 点 半 ，我 **才** 做 完 作业 。*Zhídào* shí'èr diǎn bàn, wǒ **cái** zuò wán zuòyè.It wasn't until twelve thirty in the morning that I finished homework. - *直到* 半 个 月 以后 ，我 的 感冒 **才** 好 。*Zhídào* bàn gè yuè yǐhòu, wǒ de gǎnmào **cái** hǎo.It took me half a month to recover from the cold. - 她 *直到* 十八 岁 **才** 见到 亲生 父母 。Tā *zhídào* shíbā suì **cái** jiàndào qīnshēng fùmǔ.It wasn't until she was eighteen that she met her biological parents. - 我 *直到* 大学 毕业 **才** 开始 独立 生活 。Wǒ *zhídào* dàxué bìyè **cái** kāishǐ dúlì shēnghuó.It wasn't until I graduated from college that I started living independently. - *直到* 去 了 北京 ，他 **才** 知道 一个人 在 大 城市 多 辛苦 。*Zhídào* qù le Běijīng, tā **cái** zhīdào yīgèrén zài dà chéngshì duō xīnkǔ.It wasn't until he went to Beijing that he understood how hard it is to be alone in a big city.

Negative Form ----------------------------------------------------------------- ### Structure

直到 + Time / Event ，Subj. + 都 + 不 / 没 ⋯⋯

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- *直到* 他 死 ，我们 **都 没** 见 过 。*Zhídào* tā sǐ, wǒmen **dōu méi** jiàn guo.We didn't meet until he passed away. - 他们 是 同学 ，但是 *直到* 毕业 ，**都 没** 说 过 话 。Tāmen shì tóngxué, dànshì *zhídào* bìyè, **dōu méi** shuō guo huà.They are classmates. But they had never spoken until they graduated. - *直到* 电影 结束 ，他 **都 没** 来 。*Zhídào* diànyǐng jiéshù, tā **dōu méi** lái.He didn't show up until the movie was over. - *直到* 我 弟弟 上 大学 ，他 **都 不** 会 洗 衣服 。*Zhídào* wǒ dìdi shàng dàxué, tā **dōu bù** huì xǐ yīfu.My younger brother couldn't wash clothes until he went to college. - 我 认识 他 一年 多 了 ，*直到* 现在 ，我 **都 不** 知道 他 的 全名 。Wǒ rènshi tā yī nián duō le, *zhídào* xiànzài, wǒ **dōu bù** zhīdào tā de quánmíng.I've known him for over a year, but I still don't know his full name.

See also ------------------------------------------------------- - [Expressing "when" with "dengdao"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Expressing_%22when%22_with_%22dengdao%22) - [Complement with "dao"](https://resources.allsetlearning.com/chinese/grammar/Complement_with_%22dao%22) Sources and further reading --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ### Books

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