HSK 7–9 vocabularyHSK 3.0

倒数

dàoshǔ

Traditional: 倒數

to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)

HSK 7–9

Meaning of 倒数 in English

dàoshǔHSK 7–9verbSyllabus #6209
  1. to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)
  2. to count down
  3. from the bottom (lines on a page)
  4. from the back (rows of seats)

Example sentences

  1. 她总是在班上拿倒数第一。
    tā zǒng shì zài bān shàng ná dào shǔ dì yī。
    She is always at the bottom of the class.
    Tatoeba #8686673 by crescat · #310387 by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 我是倒数第二个得知这个坏消息的。
    wǒ shì dào shǔ dì èr gè dé zhī zhè ge huài xiāo xī de。
    I was the second to last person to hear the bad news.
    Tatoeba #1856766 by sadhen · #1806435 by emmettricks · CC BY 2.0 FR

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Level, pinyin and part of speech: HSK Syllabus (CLEC, Nov 2025). Definitions: CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0. Sources & licences