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倒 (dǎo): to fall, to collapse

Stroke Order & Writing

HSK 5verb

Character info

Pinyin
Meaning: to fall, to collapse
Characters: 1
Part of speech: verb
HSK level: HSK 5
Strokes: 10
Radical: 亻
Structure: 左右结构

Full definitions

dǎo

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
to fall
to collapse
to fail
to go bankrupt
to overthrow
to topple
to change (trains or buses)
to transfer
to move around
to shift

dào

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
to reverse
to invert
to pour
to tip
contrary
inverted
to move backward

Chinese explanation

身体失去平衡而摔倒
竖立的东西横躺下来
某些东西因损坏或使用而无法继续（如倒闭、倒台）
把东西弄翻或弄坏。

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Example sentences

He accidentally fell down.

The old tree fell down during the storm.

This company went bankrupt due to poor management.

Please pour that cup of tea for me.

He turned the chair upside down.

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