倒

dǎo

HSK 23 readings

“To fall” in Chinese is 倒 (dǎo).

Other characters with the syllable dao: see all 13 →

Meaning

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
to fail; to go bankrupt
to overthrow

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to change (trains or buses)
to move around
to resell at a profit
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

Example

许多小公司倒闭了。

Many small companies went bankrupt.

From 倒闭 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Readings

dǎoto 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
dàoto 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

10 strokes

Words containing 倒

倒闭dǎobìto go bankruptHSK 4 倒车dǎochēto change buses, trains etcHSK 4 倒是dàoshìcontrary to what one might expectHSK 5 摔倒shuāidǎoto fall downHSK 5 打倒dǎdǎoto overthrowHSK 7-9 倒卖dǎomàito resell at a profitHSK 7-9 倒霉dǎoméito have bad luckHSK 7-9 倒塌dǎotāto collapse (of building)HSK 7-9

More HSK 2 characters

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