倒 dǎo ㄉㄠˇ dou2 HSK 2 進階級 · Level 3

  • 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

倒 dào ㄉㄠˋ dou2 HSK 2 進階級 · Level 3 高階級 · Level 4

  • 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

Stroke order

Practice writing

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Example sentences

  • 我 ( wǒ ngo5 ) 怕 ( pà paa3 ) 摔倒 ( shuāi dǎo seot1 dou2 )。

    I'm afraid to fall.

  • 他 ( tā taa1 ) 砍 ( kǎn ham2 ) 倒 ( dǎo dou2 ) 树 樹 ( shù syu6 )。

    He felled the tree.

  • 他 ( tā taa1 ) 倒霉 ( dǎo méi dou2 mui4 ) 极了 極了 ( jí le gik6 liu5 )。

    He is shit out of luck.

  • 他 ( tā taa1 ) 倒霉 ( dǎo méi dou2 mui4 ) 透 ( tòu tau3 ) 了 ( le liu5 )。

    He is shit out of luck.

  • 他 ( tā taa1 ) 倒 ( dǎo dou2 ) 在地 ( zài dì zoi6 dei6 ) 上 ( shàng soeng5 )。

    He fell to the floor.

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