倒
to collapse, to fall over; to lie down; to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- Strokes
- 10
- Pinyin
- dào, dǎo
Parts
Words with 倒
- 倒下dǎo xià · daoxiato collapse; to topple over
- 倒伏dǎo fú · daofu(of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
- 倒休dǎo xiū · daoxiuto shift holidays, taking a weekday off
- 倒位dào wèi · daoweiinversion
- 倒仓dǎo cāng · daocangto transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it); voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty)
- 倒像dào xiàng · daoxiang(optics) inverted image
- 倒刺dào cì · daocibarb; barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
- 倒反dào fǎn · daofaninstead; on the contrary; contrary (to expectations)
- 倒嗓dǎo sǎng · daosang(of a singer) to lose one's voice; (male opera singer's) voice change (at puberty)
- 倒噍dǎo jiào · daojiaoto ruminate (of cows)
- 倒嚼dǎo jiào · daojiao(of cows) to ruminate
- 倒地dǎo dì · daodito fall to the ground
- 倒坍dǎo tān · daotanto collapse (of building)
- 倒塌dǎo tā · daotato collapse (of building); to topple over
- 倒写dào xiě · daoxiemirror writing; upside down writing
- 倒带dào dài · daodairewind (media player)
- 倒序dào xù · daoxureverse order; inverted order
- 倒弄dǎo nong · daonongto move (things around); to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)
- 倒彩dào cǎi · daocaiadverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
- 倒影dào yǐng · daoyinginverted image; reversed image (e.g. upside down)
- 倒悬dào xuán · daoxuanlit. to hang upside down; fig. in dire straits
- 倒戈dǎo gē · daogeto change sides in a war; turncoat
- 倒扁dǎo biǎn · daobianTaiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] in 2006 over corruption allegations
- 倒手dǎo shǒu · daoshouto shift from one hand to the other; to change hands (of merchandise)
- 倒把dǎo bǎ · daobato play the market; to speculate (on financial markets); to profiteer
- 倒挂dào guà · daogualit. 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
- 倒换dǎo huàn · daohuanto take turns; to rotate (responsibility)
- 倒放dào fàng · daofangto place upside down; to play (a video) backwards
- 倒败dǎo bài · daobaito collapse (of building)
- 倒叙dào xù · daoxuto start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning; to flash back; flashback (in a novel, movie etc)