倒
Character
to fall down or fall over
Readings and meanings
- to fall down or fall over
- to fail or close down (of a shop or company)
- to change from one bus or train to another (as in 倒车)
Examples
他倒在地上。
tā dǎo zài dì shàng
He fell down on the ground.
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我要在这里倒车。
wǒ yào zài zhè lǐ dǎo chē
I need to change buses here.
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那家公司去年倒闭了。
nà jiā gōng sī qù nián dǎo bì le
That company went bankrupt last year.
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Words that use “倒” as dǎo
倒车dǎo chēto change from one bus or train to another on a tripWordHSK 4+1 reading倒闭dǎo bìto stop doing business because there is no more moneyWordHSK 4摔倒shuāi dǎoto fall down by accidentWordHSK 5倒下dǎo xiàto fall down to the groundWordHSK 7–9倒卖dǎo màito buy things and sell them again for more moneyWordHSK 7–9倒塌dǎo tāto fall down suddenlyWordHSK 7–9倒霉dǎo méito have bad luckWordHSK 7–9压倒yā dǎoto be too strong or too many for someone or somethingWordHSK 7–9
- to invert; to place upside down or frontside back CC-CEDICT
- to pour out CC-CEDICT
- to tip out; to dump CC-CEDICT
- inverted; upside down; reversed CC-CEDICT
- to go backward CC-CEDICT
- contrary to what one might expect; but; yet CC-CEDICT
Words that use “倒” as dào
倒车dǎo chēto change from one bus or train to another on a tripWordHSK 4+1 reading倒是dào shiactuallyWordHSK 5倒数dào shǔto say numbers in reverse order, like ten, nine, eightWordHSK 7–9+1 reading反倒fǎn dàoinsteadWordHSK 7–9倒计时dào jì shíthe seconds or minutes counted back before something startsWordHSK 7–9倒位dào wèiinversionWord倒像dào xiàng(optics) inverted imageWord倒写dào xiěmirror writingWord
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All 10 strokes
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Practice writing 倒
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