(dǎo) - to fall over, to topple; to collapse, to go under; to change (trains or buses) in Mandarin
dǎoTraditional: 倒
Translation
to fall over, to topple; to collapse, to go under; to change (trains or buses)
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Word origin
倒 is a phono-semantic compound: 亻 (the person radical) gives the meaning, a person falling over, and 到 (dào) supplies the sound. It means 'to fall over, to topple'; the same character read dào (to pour, on the contrary) has its own page.
- Origin
- phono-semantic compound
- Root
- 亻 (rén, person radical) + 到 (dào, phonetic)
Stroke order
倒
Examples
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The wind was too strong, and the tree fell over.
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Careful, don't knock the child over.
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This shop went under less than a year after it opened.
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The cup has fallen over.
途。
You have to change once on the way to the airport.
倒 has two pronunciations, and this page is the third-tone one. As dǎo it means to fall over, topple or collapse; it also means to go bankrupt or to change (vehicles). The fourth-tone dào is a separate word with its own page: to pour, to tip out, to reverse, and the everyday adverb meaning actually or on the contrary (他倒是个好人).
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Start your free week (no card)This word is taught in chapter 8, lesson 1: 倒, 样子, 电影 and 7 more words.