起到 in English qi3 dao4 Meaning

Meanings

  • (in an expression of the form 起到…作用[qi3 dao4 xx5 zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating and so on) effect)
  • to play (a (stabilizing and so on) role)

Simplified Characters

起 到

Traditional Characters

起 到

Pinyin

qi3 dao4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

起qi3to rise 到dao4to (a place)