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倒
dào
1.
to place upside down
2.
to invert
3.
to pour
4.
to throw out
5.
to move backwards
6.
however
7.
actually
8.
as a matter of fact
9.
contrary to expectation
Character Breakdown (Single character)
Compound Words (20)
倒茬
dǎochá
rotation of crops
倒卖
dǎomài
to resell at a profit
倒卧
dǎowò
to lie down
倒台
dǎotái
to overthrow
倒装
dàozhuāng
inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect)
倒赔
dàopéi
to sustain loss in trade
倒相
dàoxiàng
phase reversal
倒睫
dàojié
trichiasis (ingrown eyelashes)
倒刺
dàocì
barb
倒伏
dǎofú
(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
倒薮
dàosǒu
bandits' den
倒蛋
dǎodàn
mischief
倒粪
dàofèn
to turn over manure
倒贴
dàotiē
to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
倒仓
dǎocāng
to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it)
倒下
dǎoxià
to collapse
倒像
dàoxiàng
inverted image
倒班
dǎobān
to change shifts
倒带
dàodài
rewind (media player)
倒序
dàoxù
reverse order
Metadata
- Category
- Chinese
- HSK Character Level
- 4
- Character Frequency Rank
- 607
- Word Frequency Rank
- 902 of 84,292