倒 (dou2 dou3 | dao3 dao4) : fall over; pour out; turn upside down

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倒

dou2 dou3

dao3 dao4

[粵]dou2, [普]dao3
(v) [1] fall over; topple; overthrow [2] (business) fail; collapse [3] be spoiled; malfunction [4] change; shift; exchange [5] move around

[粵]dou2, [普]dao4
(v) pour out; tip; dump (garbage)

[粵]dou3, [普]dao4
[1] (v) turn upside down; invert; reverse [2] (adj) upside down; inverse; inverted [3] (v) move backwards; turn back [4] (adv) unexpectedly [5] (indicating contradiction) just; merely; only [6] (indicating concession) although; but; all right [7] (indicating impatience) after all

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Stroke count: 10

Level: 3

Radical: 亻 (#9)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

倒

This word has been viewed 13758 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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兵敗如山倒 bing1 baai6 jyu4 saan1 dou2 bing1 bai4 ru2 shan1 dao3 = troops in defeat like a landslide; a beaten army in total collapse

跌倒 dit3 dou2 = fall down

倒入 dou2 jap6 dao4 ru4 = pour in

病倒 beng6 dou2 bing4 dao3 = down with an illness

倒閉 dou2 bai3 dao3 bi4 = go bankrupt 國

倒帶 dou3 daai3*2 = rewind

倒瀉 dou2 se3*2 = to spill 粵

顛倒 din1 dou2 dian1 dao3 = to turn upside down; to invert; confused

打倒 daa2 dou2 da3 dao3 = to flatten; to overthrow (governments, leaders, etc.)

倒騰 dou2 tang4 dao3 teng5 = to move about; to buy and sell
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我有個方法打倒佢粵
I’ve got a way of taking him down.
[Lit. I have [counter] method overthrow him.]

你考倒我。
You baffle me.

啲西瓜倒瓤咯！粵
The water melons are overly ripe (and spoilt)!

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 倒
Unicode code for this character: U+5012 (off-site link)

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