ReadWriteQuiz

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  • 1

    v.fall; topple; tumble down

    • wǒ dǎo zài chuáng shang shuì zháo le

      I threw myself down on the bed and fell asleep immediately.

    • tā dǎo zài tā huái lǐ

      怀

      She sink into his arms.

    • yóu yú tōu gōng jiǎn liào qiáo jiàn chéng méi duō jiǔ jiù dǎo le

      由于偷工减料建成

      The jerry-built bridge toppled over soon after its completion.

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  • 2

    v.collapse; fail; close down; go bankrupt; go out of business

    • nà jiā gōng chǎng dǎo le

      工厂

      That factory has gone bankrupt.

    • dǎo bì

      go bankrupt

    • zhè jiā gōng sī dǎo le

      公司

      The company went bankrupt.

  • 3

    v.spoil (appetite); be spoiled; malfunction; (of voice) become hoarse; lose one's voice

    • tā de sǎng zi dǎo le bù zài dēng tái

      嗓子

      He has lost his voice and will not perform again.

  • 4

    v.reverse; change; exchange; move around; shift; transfer

    • dǎo jiān

      shift a burden from one shoulder to the other

    • nǐ yuàn yì hé wǒ dǎo yī xià zuò wèi ma

      愿意一下座位

      Will you change seats with me?

    • dǎo kāi

      back away

  • 5

    v.offer (house, shop) for sale; sell up; buy and resell at a profit

    • cún huò quán dōu dǎo chū qù le

      存货出去

      The stock was sold up.

    • dǎo shuǐ guǒ

      水果

      deal in fruit

    • pù zi dǎo chū qù le

      铺子出去

      The shop has been sold.

Words and phrases with 倒

  • 倒毙
    [word]drop/fall dead
  • 倒台
    [word]fall from power
  • 倒卖
    [word]resell at a profit
  • 倒换
    [word]alternate; exchange
  • 倒棱
    [word]chamfer
  • 倒账
    [word]default on a debt; bad debt
  • 倒弄
    [word]buy and sell; toy with
  • 倒卧
    [word]lie down; corpse by the roadside
  • 倒板
    [word]a beat pattern used for sad, melancholic scenes in traditional Chinese opera
  • 倒戈卸甲
    [idiom]give up resistance
  • 倒海翻江
    [idiom]be powerful and tumultuous

Word usage

  • Note
    "倒" cannot be written as "到".

Similar-form characters to 倒

Chinese Characters with pinyin dǎo

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