Chinese Word: 倒 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

倒Polyphone (多音字)HSK 4

Antonyms: 立正

Total strokes: 10; Radical: 人

Pictophonetic:到 indicates the sound; 亻 (person) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 亻 [ rén ] man, person; people
- 到 [ dào ] to go to, to arrive

Similar Characters: 到俐

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Pinyin: dào

English Definition:to place upside down; to invert; to pour; to throw out; to move backwards; however; actually; as a matter of fact; contrary to expectation

Chinese Definition:
①位置上下前后翻转：倒立。倒挂。倒影。倒置。
②把容器反转或倾斜使里面的东西出来：倒水。倒茶。
③反过来，相反地：倒行逆施。反攻倒算。倒贴。
④向后，往后退：倒退。倒车。
⑤却：东西倒不坏，就是旧了点。
⑥正顺。

Example Words:

反倒	fǎn dào	but on the contrary; but expectedly
倒退HSK 5	dào tuì	to fall back; to go in reverse
倾倒	qīng dào	to dump; to pour; to empty out
倒计时	dào jì shí	to count down; countdown
倒行逆施	dào xíng nì shī	to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back history; a perverse way of doing things

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Pinyin: dǎo

English Definition:to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to overthrow; to fail; to go bankrupt; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit

Chinese Definition:
①竖立的东西躺下来：摔倒。墙倒了。倒塌。倒台。打倒。卧倒。
②对调，转移，更换，改换：倒手。倒换。倒车。倒卖。倒仓。倒戈。
③正顺。

Example Words:

打倒	dǎ dǎo	to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... !
倒霉HSK 5	dǎo méi	to have bad luck; to be out of luck
压倒	yā dǎo	to overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming
倒塌HSK 6	dǎo tā	to collapse (of building); to topple over
颠倒HSK 6	diān dǎo	to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy

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Example Sentences

1		tā 她 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了。 She fell down.
2		xiǎo xīn 小心 bié 别 huá dǎo 滑倒 le 了。 Be careful not to slip.
3		wǒ 我 zài 在 pǎo bù 跑步 shí 时 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了 I fell when I was running.
4		wǒ 我 zhèng zài 正在 xué xí 学习 dào chē 倒车 jì néng 技能。 I'm learning how to reverse a car.
5		tā 他 zài 在 pá shān 爬山 shí 时 diē dǎo 跌倒 le 了。 He fell while climbing the mountain.

More Sentences

1		tā 她 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了。 She fell down.
2		xiǎo xīn 小心 bié 别 huá dǎo 滑倒 le 了。 Be careful not to slip.
3		wǒ 我 zài 在 pǎo bù 跑步 shí 时 shuāi dǎo 摔倒 le 了 I fell when I was running.
4		wǒ 我 zhèng zài 正在 xué xí 学习 dào chē 倒车 jì néng 技能。 I'm learning how to reverse a car.
5		tā 他 zài 在 pá shān 爬山 shí 时 diē dǎo 跌倒 le 了。 He fell while climbing the mountain.

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