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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

10 strokes Dict coverage rank #351 U+5012

How 倒 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

亻 (semantic, “person”) + 到 (phonetic, dào)

components: 亻 到

How to remember it

upside down · Heisig RSH #819

人 person + 到 arrive

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words containing 倒

WordPinyinMeaning
一面倒 yī miàn dǎo to be entirely on one side; one-sided; lopsided; partisan; overwhelmingly on one side
开倒车 kāi dào chē to drive in reverse; fig. to take a backward step; retrogressive; trying to turn the clock…
东风压倒西风 dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom); fig. one side prevails over the ot…
倒头 dǎo tóu to lie down; to die
倒过儿 dào guò r the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
倒地 dǎo dì to fall to the ground
拉倒 lā dǎo (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down
倒手 dǎo shǒu to shift from one hand to the other; to change hands (of merchandise)
倒背手儿 dào bèi shǒu r erhua variant of 倒背手[dao4 bei4 shou3]
倒下 dǎo xià to collapse; to topple over
难不倒 nán bù dǎo not to pose a problem for sb; cannot stump sb
倒车 dǎo chē to change buses, trains etc
倒车 dào chē to reverse (a vehicle); to drive backwards
倒开 dào kāi to reverse a vehicle; to drive backwards
倒数 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); …
倒数 dào shù inverse number; reciprocal (math.)
头倒立 tóu dào lì headstand
打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... !
一边倒 yī biān dǎo to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side; to support unconditionally
手倒立 shǒu dào lì handstand