Chinese–EnglishWith examples
倒
dǎo · dao/dào · dao
Same in simplified and traditional Chinese
Meaning
CC-CEDICTdǎo 倒
- 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
dào 倒
- to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
- to pour out
- to tip out; to dump
- inverted; upside down; reversed
- to go backward
- contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
In a sentence
2 examples01
她倒很可爱，但我不喜欢她。
She may be cute, but I don't like her.
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02
汤姆进了厨房，给自己倒了杯咖啡。
Tom went into the kitchen and poured himself a cup of coffee.
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