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倒

dǎo · dao/dào · dao

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HSK 2Old HSK 5

Meaning

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dǎo 倒

  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

dào 倒

  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
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In a conversation

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The bookshelf is falling

  1. Liangliang

    小心(xiǎoxīn)！书架(shūjià)要(yào)倒(dǎo)了(le)！

    Careful! The bookshelf is about to fall!

  2. Dengdeng

    我(wǒ)扶着(fúzhe)它(tā)，你(nǐ)先(xiān)拿(ná)书(shū)。

    I will hold it. You take the books first.

  3. Liangliang

    好(hǎo)，快(kuài)拿完(náwán)了(le)……

    OK, almost done taking them...

  4. Dengdeng

    哎呀(āiyā)，倒(dǎo)了(le)！

    Oh no, it fell!

  5. Liangliang

    书架(shūjià)倒(dǎo)了(le)，可是(kěshì)书(shū)没有(méiyǒu)倒(dǎo)。

    The bookshelf fell, but the books did not.

  6. Dengdeng

    因为(yīnwèi)我们(wǒmen)都(dōu)拿(ná)在(zài)手里(shǒulǐ)。

    Because we are holding them all.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

她(tā)倒(dào)很(hěn)可(kě)爱(ài)，但(dàn)我(wǒ)不(bù)喜(xǐ)欢(huan)她(tā)。

She may be cute, but I don't like her.

Tatoeba: Chinese by GlossaMatik · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

汤(tāng)姆(mǔ)进(jìn)了(le)厨(chú)房(fáng)，给(gěi)自(zì)己(jǐ)倒(dào)了(le)杯(bēi)咖(kā)啡(fēi)。

Tom went into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee.

Tatoeba: Chinese by mirrorvan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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