倒
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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
10 strokes
Dict coverage rank #351 U+5012
How 倒 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
亻 (semantic, “person”) + 到 (phonetic, dào)
How to remember it
upside down · Heisig RSH #819
人 person + 到 arrive
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 倒
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 一面倒 | yī miàn dǎo | to be entirely on one side; one-sided; lopsided; partisan; overwhelmingly on one side |
| 开倒车 | kāi dào chē | to drive in reverse; fig. to take a backward step; retrogressive; trying to turn the clock… |
| 东风压倒西风 | dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng | lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom); fig. one side prevails over the ot… |
| 倒头 | dǎo tóu | to lie down; to die |
| 倒过儿 | dào guò r | the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc) |
| 倒地 | dǎo dì | to fall to the ground |
| 拉倒 | lā dǎo | (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down |
| 倒手 | dǎo shǒu | to shift from one hand to the other; to change hands (of merchandise) |
| 倒背手儿 | dào bèi shǒu r | erhua variant of 倒背手[dao4 bei4 shou3] |
| 倒下 | dǎo xià | to collapse; to topple over |
| 难不倒 | nán bù dǎo | not to pose a problem for sb; cannot stump sb |
| 倒车 | dǎo chē | to change buses, trains etc |
| 倒车 | dào chē | to reverse (a vehicle); to drive backwards |
| 倒开 | dào kāi | to reverse a vehicle; to drive backwards |
| 倒数 | dào shǔ | to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); … |
| 倒数 | dào shù | inverse number; reciprocal (math.) |
| 头倒立 | tóu dào lì | headstand |
| 打倒 | dǎ dǎo | to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... ! |
| 一边倒 | yī biān dǎo | to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side; to support unconditionally |
| 手倒立 | shǒu dào lì | handstand |