Definition

1. Verb:

   • To arrive; to come; to reach: To move toward and achieve a destination, a point in time, or a specific state or condition.
   • To be sufficient; to attain: To meet a required level, standard, or quantity.

2. Preposition:

   • To; up to; until: Indicates a limit or endpoint in space, time, or degree.
   • Toward: Indicates direction or orientation in relation to a target.

3. Adjective:

   • Next; coming: Refers to the immediately following instance in a sequence (e.g., week, month, station).

Usage Examples

• Verb:

  • Xe buýt sẽ tới lúc 10 giờ. (The bus will arrive at 10 o'clock.)
  • Chúng tôi đã tới đỉnh núi. (We have reached the mountain peak.)
  • Số tiền này không tới một triệu đồng. (This amount of money does not reach one million dong.)

• Preposition:

  • Anh ấy chạy tới trường. (He ran to the school.)
  • Cô ấy làm việc tới tận khuya. (She worked until very late at night.)
  • Hãy đổ nước tới vạch này. (Pour water up to this line.)

• Adjective:

  • Kế hoạch cho tháng tới đã sẵn sàng. (The plan for the next month is ready.)
  • Ga tới là ga Sài Gòn. (The next station is Saigon Station.)

Advanced Usage

• "tới nơi": To arrive at a place; can be used figuratively to mean something is done thoroughly or completely.

  • Đồ ăn phải nấu cho tới nơi. (The food must be cooked thoroughly.)

• "tới lui": To come and go; to visit back and forth.

  • Hai gia đình tới lui thăm hỏi nhau. (The two families visit each other back and forth.)

• "tới tấp": In rapid succession; incessantly; like waves.

  • Các đơn đặt hàng ập tới tấp. (Orders came in incessantly.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đến (v, prep): A very close synonym for "tới" meaning .
• Tới đích (v phrase): To reach the finish line or goal.
• Tiếp tới (adj): Next in line or sequence.

Synonyms

• Arrive, reach, come (for the verb).
• To, until, up to (for the preposition).
• Next, following (for the adjective).

Related Idioms

• Tới số: To be fated; to have one's number come up (often for something negative).

  • Gặp tai nạn đó chắc là anh ấy tới số. (Having that accident, it must have been his fate.)

• Tới bến: (Literally: to arrive at the pier). Slang meaning something is achieved successfully or is "a sure thing."

  • Với hợp đồng này, dự án của họ tới bến rồi. (With this contract, their project is in the bag.)

• Tay tới mặt: To happen very quickly, in the blink of an eye.

  • Chuyện xảy ra tay tới mặt, không kịp phản ứng. (It happened in an instant, with no time to react.)

verb

1. to come, to arrive, to reach