HSK 4 · Verbs

倒 dǎo “to fall” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 倒 means

to fall
to collapse
to lie horizontally
to fail
to go bankrupt

More meanings from CC-CEDICT

to overthrow
to change (trains or buses)
to move around
to resell at a profit

How to say 倒

倒dǎo3rd tone, dipping

倒 in a sentence

小心别摔倒了。
Xiǎoxīn bié shuāidǎo le.
Be careful not to fall over.
Sentence #5153236 from Tatoeba · translation adapted
许多小公司倒闭了。
Xǔduō xiǎo gōngsī dǎobì le.
Many small companies went bankrupt.
Sentence #335884 from Tatoeba
她周末病倒了。
Tā zhōumò bìngdǎo le.
She fell ill on the weekend.
Sentence #503111 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 倒 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 倒 (dǎo) with each of its parts in a different colour

倒dǎoto fall; to collapse

亻person form of 人 · rénMeaning part
到to go to · dàoSound part

亻 hints at the meaning (person); 到 (dào) hints at the sound. Compare it with dǎo.

How to write 倒

倒 10 strokes

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倒 (dǎo) stroke order chart: each stroke of the character in the order you write it — Stroke order chart for 倒 (dǎo). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 倒

Words with 倒

摔倒shuāidǎo · to fall over 倒霉dǎoméi · to have bad luck 颠倒diāndǎo · to turn upside down 倒闭dǎobì · to go bankrupt

More words: Common Verbs

传真chuánzhēn · fax 出现chūxiàn · to appear 存cún · to exist 打扮dǎban · to decorate 打扰dǎrǎo · to disturb 打印dǎyìn · to print (with a printer)打折dǎzhé · to give a discount 打针dǎzhēn · to give or have an injection

FAQs

What does 倒 mean in English?

倒 (dǎo) means “to fall” or “to collapse”. It is an HSK 4 word.

How do you pronounce 倒?

Say it dǎo: dǎo with a 3rd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.

Is 倒 the same in Traditional Chinese?

Yes. 倒 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.

How do you type 倒 on a keyboard?

Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type dao with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 倒 from the suggestions. Typing dao into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.

What HSK level is 倒?

倒 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.