起hei2到dou3

English

1. (in an expression of the form 起到[qi3 dao4] + … + 作用[zuo4 yong4]) to have (a (motivating etc) effect); to play (a (stabilizing etc) role)

Examples

• 車軸係一個基本嘅機械部件，喺好多機器同車輛嘅運作中起到至關重要嘅作用，佢由兩個主要部件組成：車輪同車軸本身。

  Tatoeba · Davidgo5867 CC BY

• 要不一起到车站去？

  Do you want to go to the station with me?

  Tatoeba · mirrorvan CC BY

• 他的忠告没起到太大的作用。

  His advice didn't help much.

  Tatoeba · asosan CC BY