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倒 - dào

fall over; lie down; take turns

fall over; lie down; take turns

How to read 倒

Click 倒 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyindào
Englishfall over; lie down; take turns
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

倒下 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 倒伏. Please read 倒休 one more time.

Common words with this character

to collapse; to topple over
to collapse and lie flat
to shift holidays, taking a weekday off
inversion

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 倒 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 倒下 and 倒伏 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 倒.