倒 dǎo

1. dǎo verb to fall; to collapse; to topple
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: As in 摔倒 (Guoyu '倒' dǎo v 1; Kroll 2015 '倒' dǎo 1; NCCED '倒' dǎo 1-1; Unihan '倒')
2. dào verb to turn upside down; to turn over; to tip; to reverse
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '倒' dào v 1; Kroll 2015 '倒' dào 1; NCCED '倒' dào 1-1; Unihan '倒')
3. dǎo verb to fail; to go bankrupt
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: For example, 倒闭 'bankrupt' (Guoyu '倒' dǎo v 2; NCCED '倒' dǎo 1-2; Unihan '倒')
4. dǎo verb to change
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '倒' dǎo 2-1; Unihan '倒')
5. dǎo verb to move around
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '倒' dǎo 2-2; Unihan '倒')
6. dǎo verb to sell
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '倒' dǎo 2-3; Unihan '倒')
7. dǎo verb to buy and resell; to speculate
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (Guoyu '倒' dǎo v 4; NCCED '倒' dǎo 2-4; Unihan '倒')
8. dǎo noun profiteer; speculator
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '倒' dǎo 2-5)
9. dǎo verb to overthrow
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: (NCCED '倒' dǎo 1-3)
10. dǎo verb to be spoiled
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '倒' dǎo 1-4)
11. dào adjective upside down
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (NCCED '倒' dào 1-2)
12. dào verb to move backwards
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 倒车 'reverse a car' (Guoyu '倒' dào v 3; NCCED '倒' dào 1-3)
13. dào verb to pour
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: For example, 倒茶水 'pour tea' (Guoyu '倒' dào v 2; NCCED '倒' dào 1-4; Unihan '倒')
14. dào adverb to the contrary
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 反而 (Guoyu '倒' dào adv 1; Kroll 2015 '倒' dào 2; NCCED '倒' dào 2-1)
15. dào conjunction however; but
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 卻 (Guoyu '倒' dào adv 1; NCCED '倒' dào 2-2)
16. dǎo verb havign a hoarse voice
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: (Guoyu '倒' dǎo v 3)
17. dào verb to violate; to go counter to
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
    Notes: In the sense of 违逆 (Guoyu '倒' dào v 4)

Contained in

• 倒贴(倒貼) to lose money instead of being paid
• 倒毙(倒斃) to fall dead
• 倒数(倒數) inverse number; reciprocal (math.)
• 拜倒 to prostrate oneself; to fall on one's knees; to grovel
• 倒闭(倒閉) to go bankrupt
• 倒过儿(倒過兒) the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
• 倒行逆施 to go against the tide; to do things all wrong ; perversely go against the mainstream
• 七颠八倒(七顛八倒) disorderly ; disoriented
• 倒换(倒換) to take turns; to rotate (responsibility)
• 倒带(倒帶) to rewind (media player)
• 倒栽葱(倒栽蔥) to fall headlong; () to suffer an ignominious failure
• 倒弄 to move (things around); to buy and sell at a profit
• 穷愁潦倒(窮愁潦倒) destitute and troubled; in dire straits
• 倒戈卸甲 to lay down arms
• 倒计时(倒計時) to countdown
• 倒血霉 to have rotten luck
• 倒叙(倒敘) to flash back; flashback (in a novel, movie etc)
• 倒下 to collapse; to topple over
• 绊倒(絆倒) to trip; to stumble
• 海水倒灌 saltwater intrusion
• 倒休 to shift holidays, taking a weekday off
• 倒骑(倒騎) to ride backwards
• 颠倒是非(顛倒是非) to invert right and wrong
• 那倒是 Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization)
• 倒背手儿(倒背手兒) with one's hands behind one's back
• 倒卖(倒賣) to resell at a profit; to speculate
• 扳不倒儿(扳不倒兒) tumbler; roly-poly
• 一边倒(一邊倒) to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side; to support unconditionally
• 倒霉 to have bad luck
• 倒街卧巷(倒街臥巷) living on the streets
• 树倒猢狲散(樹倒猢猻散) When the tree topples the monkeys scatter.; an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause
• 倒缴(倒繳) to curl the body
• 倒悬之苦(倒懸之苦) the pain of being hanged upside down; extremely critical situation; dire straits
• 倒腾(倒騰) to move; to shift; to exchange; to turn over ; to buy and sell; to peddle
• 倒彩 adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
• 贫穷潦倒(貧窮潦倒) poverty stricken
• 倒映 to reflect (producing an inverted image)
• 倒灌 to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc); reverse flow; to back up (sewage)
• 倒班 to change shifts; to work in turns
• 倒位 inversion
• 倒悬之急(倒懸之急) the crisis of being hanged upside down; extremely critical situation; dire straits
• 移山倒海 to move mountains and drain seas; to transform nature
• 晨昏颠倒(晨昏顛倒) night changing into day
• 排山倒海 to topple mountains and overturn the seas; earthshaking
• 倒悬之危(倒懸之危) the crisis of being hanged upside down; extremely critical situation; dire straits
• 倒退 to fall back; to go in reverse ; to trace back
• 倒卧(倒臥) to lie down; to drop dead
• 碰倒 to knock over
• 倒开(倒開) to reverse a vehicle; to drive backwards

Also contained in

云门倒一说 、 鹰飞倒仰

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Truncated for common words

• 第二回 Chapter 24 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 26
• 第二回 Chapter 62 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 26
• 第二回 Chapter 74 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 25
• 第二回 Chapter 25 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 20
• 第二回 Chapter 103 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 20
• 第二回 Chapter 104 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 19
• 第二回 Chapter 54 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 19
• 第二回 Chapter 109 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 18
• 第二回 Chapter 67 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 18
• 第二回 Chapter 30 Dream of the Red Chamber 紅樓夢 — count: 17

Collocations

• 倒县 (倒縣) 天下之勢方倒縣 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 24
• 倒景 (倒景) 貫列缺之倒景兮 — Records of the Grand Historian 史記, 《司馬相如列傳》 Biography of Sima Xiangru — count: 9
• 误倒 (誤倒) 疑誤倒 — Book of Later Han 後漢書, 卷六十三 李杜列傳 Volume 63: Biographies of Li, Du — count: 7
• 倒植 (倒植) 是倒植之勢也 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 5
• 倒言 (倒言) 七曰倒言反事 — Han Feizi 韓非子, 內儲說上七術第三十 Chapter 30: A Collection of Sayings I — count: 5
• 倒载 (倒載) 倒載干戈 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《樂記》 Record of Music — count: 5
• 倒戟 (倒戟) 倒戟而出之 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 4
• 倒持 (倒持) 倒持泰阿 — Book of Han 漢書, 卷六十七 楊胡朱梅云傳 Volume 67: Yang, Hu, Zhu, Mei and Yun — count: 4
• 天下倒 (天下倒) 天下倒縣 — Xin Shu 新書, Scroll 3 — count: 4
• 倒错 (倒錯) 首尾倒錯 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷四十五 列傳第十五 劉毅 和嶠 武陔 任愷 崔洪 郭奕 侯史光 何攀 Volume 45 Biographies 15: Liu Yi; Cheng Wei; He Jiao; Wu Gai; Ren Kai; Cui Hong; Guo Yi; Hou Shiguang; He Pan — count: 3