dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump

verb(副) HSK 3.0 · Band 4

Watch it being written

Every character draws itself, stroke by stroke. Then grab the brush: trace it yourself and hear the word when you finish.

Build with these blocks

Chinese words snap together like bricks. Every word below shares a character with this one, so you are already halfway to knowing it.

  • dǎoto fallB5
  • 倒闭dǎobìto go bankruptB6
  • 倒车dǎochēto change buses, trains etcB6
  • 倒是dàoshìcontrary to what one might expectB6
  • 打倒dǎdǎoto overthrowB7
  • 倒霉dǎoméito have bad luckB7
  • 倒塌dǎotāto collapse (of building)B7

See it in sentences

请帮我倒点茶。

Please pour me some tea.

他把垃圾倒掉了。

He dumped out the trash.