倒

dàoㄉㄠˋ

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HSK 2 TOCFL 5

Meaning

Meanings

1
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
2
to pour out
3
to tip out; to dump
4
inverted; upside down; reversed
5
to go backward
6
contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

Examples

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他被人发现倒在厨房的地板上，不省人事。

他被人發現倒在廚房的地板上，不省人事。

He was discovered unconscious on the floor of the kitchen.

你右邊襪子倒轉穿了。

You have your right sock on wrong side out.

他把對手擊倒了。

He knocked his opponent out.

約翰的母親看起來很年輕，別人不細看倒以為她是約翰的姐姐。

John's mother looks so young that she is often mistaken for his elder sister.

「這些字母全都左右倒轉了！」「才不是呢，這是俄文，俄文的字母就是這樣寫的。」

「這些字母全都左右倒轉了！」「纔不是呢，這是俄文，俄文的字母就是這樣寫的。」

"Those letters are all the wrong way around!" "No, it's supposed to be like that, it's Russian."

Characters

Character breakdown

到

dào

to reach; to arrive

Related: 倒

倒数

dào shǔ

to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)

倒数

dào shù

inverse number

倒是

dào shi

contrary to what one might expect

倒楣

dǎo méi

variant of 倒霉[dao3 mei2]

倒车

dǎo chē

to change buses, trains etc

倒霉

dǎo méi

to have bad luck

压倒

yā dǎo

to overwhelm

打倒

dǎ dǎo

to overthrow

Stroke practice

Practice writing 倒

Characters

simplified script

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