倒

dào/dǎo

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out

HSK 3.0 · Level 2 HSK 2.0 · Level 5 verbadverb

Meaning

dào as in 倒是 dao4
  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
dǎo as in 倒闭 dao3
  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

HSK words with 倒

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