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倒

dào · dǎo

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

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Meanings of 倒 in English

dàoHSK 4+ HSK 6verb, adverbSyllabus #1139
  1. to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
  2. to pour out
  3. to tip out; to dump
  4. to go backward
  5. inverted; upside down; reversed
  6. contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
dǎoHSK 5verbSyllabus #2253
  1. to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
  2. to fail; to go bankrupt
  3. to overthrow
  4. to change (trains or buses)
  5. to move around
  6. to resell at a profit

Example sentences

  1. 我把咖啡倒翻在地毯上了。
    wǒ bǎ kā fēi dào fān zài dì tǎn shàng le。
    I spilled my coffee on the carpet.
    Tatoeba #796687 by fucongcong · #253447 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  2. 汤姆又给自己倒了一杯酒。
    tāng mǔ yòu gěi zì jǐ dào le yī bēi jiǔ。
    Tom poured himself another glass of wine.
    Tatoeba #5617216 by verdastelo9604 · #2957684 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR
  3. 汤姆进了厨房，给自己倒了杯咖啡。
    tāng mǔ jìn le chú fáng， gěi zì jǐ dào le bēi kā fēi。
    Tom went into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee.
    Tatoeba #5091096 by mirrorvan · #3075114 by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR

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HSK words with 倒

倒闭HSK 6倒车HSK 6倒是HSK 6打倒HSK 7–9倒霉HSK 7–9倒塌HSK 7–9倒数HSK 7–9倒退HSK 7–9颠倒HSK 7–9反倒HSK 7–9

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