倒
dǎodào HSK2

fall over

倒 dǎo frequency
to fall verbparticle
to fall down; to collapse; to topple over; to lie horizontally

树倒在了地上。

shù dǎo zài le dì​shang.

The tree fell to the ground.

to fail verbadjective
to go bankrupt; to fail; to collapse (of a business or government); to be overthrown
to lose one's voice nounverb
(of the voice) to become hoarse or fail; (of teeth) to be set on edge; (of the stomach) to lose one's appetite
to swap
to change; to swap; to shift; to move around (such as seats or shifts)
to resell
to resell at a profit; to speculate or trade in goods
倒 dào
to pour verb
to pour out; to tip out; to dump (liquid or trash) from a container

去把垃圾倒掉。

qù bǎ lā​jī dào diào.

Go take the trash out.

你再给我倒点牛奶行吗？

nǐ zài gěi wǒ dào diǎn niú​nǎi xíng ma?

Could you pour me some more milk?

inverted verbnoun
upside down; reversed; in reverse order
to reverse verb
to move backward; to back up (e.g. a vehicle)

她把车倒进汽车库。

tā bǎ chē dào jìn qì​chē​kù.

She backed the car into the garage.

[unexpected/contrary] adverb
Used to show that something is contrary to what was expected, thought, or intended.

你说得倒轻松。

nǐ shuō de dào qīng​sōng.

Easy for you to say.

他的女朋友倒不是这样想。

tā de nǚ​péng​you dào bù​shì zhè​yàng xiǎng.

His girlfriend doesn't think so.

[concession/transition] adverb
Used to indicate a transition or concession, meaning "but", "however", or "nevertheless".

如果他更年轻一些我倒可以理解。

rú​guǒ tā gèng nián​qīng yī​xiē wǒ dào kě​yǐ lǐ​jiě.

If he'd been younger, I could've understood.

[urging/questioning]
Used in questions or commands to show impatience, urgency, or to press for an answer.

Cross-References

Synonym

Frequency
Character
Written text
608th most common 344.4 per million
Movie subtitles
557th most common 253.5 per million appears in 72% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
181.6 per million appears in 53% of films
Written text
127.4 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 2
Strokes
10
Unicode
U+5012

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)