倒
Meaning
- to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
- to pour out
- to tip out; to dump
- inverted; upside down; reversed
- to go backward
- contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
- to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
- to fail; to go bankrupt
- to overthrow
- to change (trains or buses)
- to move around
- to resell at a profit
Example sentences
- She may be cute, but I don't like her.
- He fell to the floor.
- Tom poured himself another glass of wine.
- He lay injured on the ground.
HSK words with 倒
- 倒闭dǎobìto go bankrupt
- 倒车dàochēto reverse (a vehicle)
- 倒是dàoshicontrary to what one might expect
- 摔倒shuāidǎoto fall down
- 倒霉dǎoméito have bad luck
- 倒数dàoshǔto count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
- 倒下dǎoxiàto collapse
- 打倒dǎdǎoto overthrow
- 倒计时dàojìshíto count down
- 晕倒yūndǎoto faint
- 倒塌dǎotāto collapse (of building)
- 颠倒diāndǎoto turn upside down
- 反倒fǎndàobut on the contrary
- 压倒yādǎoto overwhelm
- 倒卖dǎomàito resell at a profit