倒

The character "倒" has 10 strokes. "倒" is one of the 3500 commonly used characters. The character "倒" has 2 pronunciations, it is a polyphonic character. The pronunciations of "倒" are "dǎo" "dào" . View the stroke order of "倒">>

The basic meaning of the Chinese character "倒"

v.: fall over; topple; fail; collapse; overthrow; bring down; be spoiled; malfunction; change; shift; exchange; move around; sell up; buy and resell at a profit; turn upside down; invert; reverse; pour；tip

n.: profiteer; speculator

adv.: but; however; nevertheless; on the other hand

• fall over : 摔倒；倒下；绊倒
• topple : v.失去平衡；不稳而缓慢倒下；打倒；使失去平衡而倒下；推翻
• fail : v.失败；忘记做；坏掉；不能正常工作；破产；衰退；消失；舍弃；变弱；在（考试、测验或面试）中不及格
• collapse : v.倒塌；塌陷；昏倒；突然失败；崩溃；倒闭；折叠；使倒塌；使塌陷；萎陷
• overthrow : v.推翻；打倒；投（球）过远；终止；结束；打翻在地；击倒；投球超过
• bring down : 打倒；降低；击落
• malfunction : v.运转不良；发生故障
• change : v.更改；改变；改换；更衣；转车；变色；转成新月相；转成新月；换
• shift : v.转移；移动；振作起来；变换身体位置；转变；〈英；非正式〉 快速移动；非正式〉 活动一下；移位；去污
• exchange : n.交换；互换；调换；交易所；兑换；汇兑；商品交易所；交谈；交易系统；争论
• move around : 走来走去, 周围移动, 走动
• sell up : 变卖资产；卖光；卖掉
• turn upside down : 上下颠倒；完全颠覆
• invert : v.使反向；使倒转；使倒置；使颠倒；反演；修改；转回；转位；求逆；求反
• reverse : v.倒；倒退；反转；颠倒；倒转；使（车辆）倒行；将… 内面翻出来；使逆转；把…颠倒过来；互换
• profiteer : v.牟取暴利；获得暴利；投机
• speculator : n.投机者；思索者；投机商；投机商人
• but : conj.若不；不过；然而；相反
• however : adv.然而；可是；不过；不管用什么方式；不管怎么；无论如何；不管多么
• nevertheless : adv.仍然；不过
• on the other hand : 另一方面

Form words with "倒"

两班倒 work in two shifts

倒座位 change seats

倒泔水 dump kitchen wash

倒拍卖 reverse auction

倒按揭 reverse mortgage

倒相管 phase-reversing tube; inverted tube

倒拼 spell backward

倒水果 deal in fruit

倒垃圾 dump rubbish

锯倒一棵树 saw down a tree

倒相变压器 phase reversal transformer

被烟熏倒 be overcome by smoke

倒相电路 (phase) inverter circuit

挂倒挡 put into reverse

掼倒在地 tumble to the ground

把杯子倒过来 turn one's glass down

倒在他的怀里 sink into his arms

歪歪倒倒地写几个字 scrawl a few words

Example phrases using "倒"

• 屋子不大，布置得倒是挺有品位。

  The room is not big, but it’s tastefully furnished.

• 质量倒不错，就是价钱贵了点儿。

  The quality is quite good, but the price is a bit too high.

• 屋子并不宽绰，收拾得倒还干净。

  The room is not spacious at all, but it’s quite spick-and-span.

• 只要能学会，多学几天倒不在乎。

  As long as I can learn it, I don’t mind if it will take me a few more days.

• 没想到最懒的人倒起来得这么早。

  We had not expected that the laziest person of all would have got up so early.

• 他说得倒是不错，可就是不兑现。

  He promised a lot but did nothing.

• 东西倒是好东西，就是价钱太贵。

  It’s good stuff; only it’s too expensive.

• 她人倒挺好的，就是有时粗心点儿。

  Nice as she is, she is careless sometimes.

• 他乍猛的问我，倒想不起来了。

  His question came so sudden that my mind went completely blank.

• 如果你愿意，我倒是可以帮忙。

  If you like, I’m willing to help.