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Meaning of 倒

Pinyin dào、 dǎo

Radical

亻

Strokes

Definition

to fall / to collapse / to topple / to change / to fail / bankrupt, upset / turn over / to tip / to pour / to go home / to the contrary / inverted

Usage

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倒 [dǎo] 动 1. 同本义 (fall) - 倒下: 摔～。墙～了。～塌。～台。打～。卧～。 - Example: 竖立的东西躺下来 (An upright object lies down). 2. 失败，败落 (fail;be on the decline) - Example: 又如: 倒灶(倒霉); 倒扁儿(向人挪借钱财或货以应急需); 倒满(倒霉;晦气) 3. 导致法律上的破产 (bankrupt) - Example: 如: 银行倒了; 倒账(倒闭，破产); 倒盆(倒闭); 倒风(大批倒闭) 4. 移动;替换 (move;replace) - Example: 如: 颠倒是非; 倒票(倒换银票); 倒替(轮换); 倒包(冒名顶替) 5. 停止;中断 (stop) - Example: 如: 倒断(倒顿。休止，间断，完结;决断;了断;清楚) 6. 坍塌;垮台 (collapse) - Example: 又如: 倒口子(决口); 倒坏(倒塌崩坏) 7. 将货物或商店企业作价给人 (sell out) - Example: 又如: 倒盘(把全店存货作价盘售); 倒本(赚回本钱) 8. 另见 dào 倒 [dào] 动 1. 上下、前后颠倒 (put upside down;be upside down;be inverted) - Example: 如: 倒序(颠倒次序); 倒用印(将印信颠倒使用) 2. 向相反方向移动 (reverse;move backwards) - Example: 如: 倒车; 倒回(退却;倒退) 3. 将容器倾斜或反转，使里面的东西出来 (pour out;empty) - Example: 如: 倒杯开水; 倒垃圾 4. 浇铸 (cast) - Example: 如: 倒一锭银子; 倒铧叶子副 1. 表示跟一般情理相反 (on the contrary;instead) - Example: 如: 妹妹倒比姐姐高 2. 表示跟事实相反 (indicating the notion that the matter is not as one thinks) - Example: 如: 你说得倒简单，你试试看 3. 表示出乎意料 (indicating unexpectedness) - Example: 如: 有这样的事?我倒要听听 4. 表示让步 (indicating concession) - Example: 如: 质量倒挺好，就是价钱贵点儿 5. 用于追问或催促 (indicating an urging or questioning) - Example: 如: 你倒说说看 6. 另见 dǎo

倒叙 dào xù

to flash back / flashback (in a novel, movie etc)

卧倒 wò dǎo

to lie down / to drop to the ground

倒卵形 dào luǎn xíng

obovate

倒悬 dào xuán

lit. to hang upside down / fig. in dire straits

倒戈 dǎo gē

to change sides in a war / turncoat

扳倒 bān dǎo

pull down / defeat

倒把 dǎo bǎ

to play the market / to speculate (on financial markets) / to profiteer

拜倒 bài dǎo

to prostrate oneself / to fall on one's knees / to grovel

倒挂 dào guà

lit. to hang upside down / fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) / to borrow more than one can ever repay

撞倒 zhuàng dǎo

to knock down / to knock over / to run over (sb)

昏倒 hūn dǎo

to faint

倒映 dào yìng

to reflect (producing an inverted image)

翻箱倒柜 fān xiāng dǎo guì

to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)

栽倒 zāi dǎo

to take a fall

倒栽葱 dào zāi cōng

to fall headlong / (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure

反倒 fǎn dào

but on the contrary / but expectedly

倒霉 dǎo méi

to have bad luck / to be out of luck

摔倒 shuāi dǎo

to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground

倒退 dào tuì

to fall back / to go in reverse

跪倒 guì dǎo

to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel

颠倒 diān dǎo

to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy

倒下 dǎo xià

to collapse / to topple over

跌倒 diē dǎo

to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)

压倒 yā dǎo

to overwhelm / to overpower / overwhelming

倒地 dǎo dì

to fall to the ground

倒转 dào zhuǎn

to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head

倒塌 dǎo tā

to collapse (of building) / to topple over

倒闭 dǎo bì

to go bankrupt / to close down

晕倒 yūn dǎo

to faint / to swoon / to black out / to become unconscious

倒好 dào hǎo

Good

吓倒 xià dǎo

to be frightened

推倒 tuī dǎo

to push over / to overthrow

倒腾 dǎo teng

to move / to shift / to exchange / to buy and sell / peddling

倒像 dào xiàng

inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)

倾倒 qīng dǎo

to topple over / to greatly admire

东倒西歪 dōng dǎo xī wāi

to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) / to sway / (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle

倒毙 dǎo bì

to fall dead

潦倒 liáo dǎo

disappointed / frustrated / dejected

穷困潦倒 qióng kùn liáo dǎo

down and out / fall on evil days / on the beach / in a state of utter poverty / live a life of poverty / in the grip of poverty / crack up under the strain of poverty / be penniless and frustrated

倒灌 dào guàn

to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage)

倒灶 dǎo zào

to fall (from power) / in decline / unlucky

倒伏 dǎo fú

(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat

树倒猢狲散 shù dǎo hú sūn sàn

When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom); fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause / Rats leave a sinking ship.

猝倒 cù dào

cataplexy / damping off

仆倒 pū dào

Fall down

打倒 dǎ dǎo

to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... !

柳眉倒竖 liǔ méi dào shù

Her willow-leaf shaped eyebrows rose. / She raises her eyebrows in anger.

绊倒 bàn dǎo

to trip / to stumble

不倒翁 bù dǎo wēng

roly-poly toy / tilting doll / tumbler

倒打一耙 dào dǎ yī pá

lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记; fig. to counterattack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)

躺倒 tǎng dǎo

lie down

倒贴 dào tiē

to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)

倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī

to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things

倒钩 dào gōu

barb / bicycle kick, or overhead kick (football)

自认倒霉 zì rèn dǎo méi

tough luck / tough titty / accept the bad luck / suck on it

神魂颠倒 shén hún diān dǎo

lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love / fascinated / captivated

颠三倒四 diān sān dǎo sì

confused / disorderly / incoherent

颠来倒去 diān lái dǎo qù

to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms

颠倒黑白 diān dǎo hēi bái

lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately / to misrepresent the facts / to invert right and wrong

颠倒是非 diān dǎo shì fēi

to invert right and wrong

七颠八倒 qī diān bā dǎo

topsy-turvy / at sixes and sevens / all upside down

驳倒 bó dǎo

to refute / to demolish (an argument, theory etc)

倒骑驴 dào qí lǘ

Riding a donkey