倒

dǎo

Dictionary entry

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

What does 倒 mean?

倒 (dǎo) has 2 dictionary entries or readings.

1to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

2to fail; to go bankrupt

3to overthrow

4to change (trains or buses)

5to move around

6to resell at a profit

7to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

8to pour out

9to tip out; to dump

10inverted; upside down; reversed

11to go backward

12contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

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倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally · to fail; to go bankrupt

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How to pronounce 倒

倒

dǎo

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