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倒

dào

fall over; lie down; take turns

Shadow
Strokes
10
Radical
人
HSK
2
Tone
4

Other readings: dǎo

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Example sentences

  • 他倒在地上。

    Tā dǎo zài dì shàng

    He fell down on the floor.

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  • 这倒是事实。

    Zhè dào shi shì shí

    That’s actually the truth.

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  • 这倒也没错。

    Zhè dào yě méi cuò

    That's not entirely wrong.

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  • 树倒在了地上。

    Shù dǎo zài le dì shang

    The tree fell to the ground.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 倒

  • 倒dào 4to 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
  • 倒闭dǎo bì 3–4 to go bankrupt; to close down
  • 倒车dào chē 4–1 to reverse (a vehicle); to drive backwards
  • 倒是dào shi 4–5contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you
  • 倒霉dǎo méi 3–2 to have bad luck; to be out of luck
  • 摔倒shuāi dǎo 1–3 to fall down; to slip and fall; to throw sb to the ground
  • 颠倒diān dǎo 1–3 to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
  • 反倒fǎn dào 3–4 but on the contrary; but expectedly
  • 倒数dào shǔ 4–3 to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); from the back (rows of seats)
  • 倒下dǎo xià 3–4 to collapse; to topple over
  • 打倒dǎ dǎo 3–3 → 2–3to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... !
  • 倒计时dào jì shí 4–4–2to count down; countdown