倒
dào
HSK level: HSK 4
Meaning
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed
Other reading: dǎo
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around
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Examples
很多树被砍倒。
hěn duō shù bèi kǎn dào。
A lot of trees were cut down.
我将水倒入了桶中。
wǒ jiāng shuǐ dào rù le tǒng zhōng。
I poured water into the bucket.
所有苹果树都被砍倒了。
suǒ yǒu píng guǒ shù dōu bèi kǎn dào le。
All the apple trees were cut down.
Words with this character
倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect倒霉 dǎo méi to have bad luck倒数 dào shǔ to count backwards倒下 dǎo xià to collapse打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow摔倒 shuāi dǎo to fall down倒计时 dào jì shí to count down晕倒 yūn dǎo to faint倒塌 dǎo tā to collapse颠倒 diān dǎo to turn upside down倒闭 dǎo bì to go bankrupt反倒 fǎn dào but on the contrary压倒 yā dǎo to overwhelm倒车 dào chē to reverse倒卖 dǎo mài to resell at a profit病倒 bìng dǎo to fall ill绊倒 bàn dǎo to trip倒楣 dǎo méi variant of 倒霉[dao3 mei2]跌倒 diē dǎo to tumble滑倒 huá dǎo to slip and fall潦倒 liáo dǎo down on one's luck难倒 nán dǎo to baffle撞倒 zhuàng dǎo to knock down