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Structure
Decomp. 亻一厶土箟
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Prononciation
Mandarin dǎo; dào
Entry Methods
Pinyin dao3; dao4
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人一土弓
Sijiao 2220.0
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CNS 11643 1-542E
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Unicode U+5012
GB2312 B5B9
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Results for 倒
 dǎo to fall / to collapse / to lie horizontally / to overthrow / to fail / to go bankrupt / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
 dào to place upside down / to invert / to pour / to throw out / to move backwards / however / actually / as a matter of fact / contrary to expectation
Results beginning with 倒
 dào shi contrary to what one might expect / actually / contrariwise / why don't you
 dǎo méi to have bad luck / to be out of luck
 dǎo xià to collapse / to topple over
 dǎo dì to fall to the ground
 dào shù inverse number / reciprocal (math.)
 dào shǔ to count backwards (from 10 down to 0) / to count down / from the bottom (lines on a page) / from the back (rows of seats)
退 dào tuì to fall back / to go in reverse
 dǎo bì to go bankrupt / to close down
 dǎo tā to collapse (of building) / to topple over
 dào yǐng inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)
 dào liú to flow backwards / reverse flow
 dào guà lit. to hang upside down / fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods) / to borrow more than one can ever repay
 dǎo mài to resell at a profit / to speculate
 dào zhuǎn to make an about-turn / to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc / to turn things on their head
 dào chē to reverse (a vehicle) / to drive backwards
 dǎo chē to change buses, trains etc
 dǎo méi variant of 倒霉[dao3 mei2]
 dào lì a handstand / to turn upside down / to stand on one's head / upside down
 dǎo tóu to lie down / to die
 dào yìng to reflect (producing an inverted image)
 dào zhì to invert
 dǎo gē to change sides in a war / turncoat
 dào zhe backwards / in reverse / upside down
 dào tiē to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
 dào zhuāng inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect) / anastrophe
 dǎo tái to overthrow / downfall / to fall from power / to go bankrupt
 dǎo bǎ to play the market / to speculate (on financial markets) / to profiteer
 dǎo wò to lie down / to drop dead
 dǎo fú (of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat
 dào xuán lit. to hang upside down / fig. in dire straits
 dǎo bì to fall dead
 dào cì barb / barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook)
 dào guàn to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage)
 dào xù to flash back / flashback (in a novel, movie etc)
 dào fǎn instead / on the contrary / contrary (to expectations)
 dǎo bān to change shifts / to work in turns
 dǎo shǒu to shift from one hand to the other / to change hands (of merchandise)
 dǎo yé (coll.) a profiteer / (business) wheeler-dealer
 dǎo huàn to take turns / to rotate (responsibility)
 dào kōng to empty (a bag) / to turn inside out / to turn out
 dǎo yùn to have bad luck
  downer cow / downer
 dǎo bài to collapse (of building)
 Dǎo biǎn Taiwan political movement aimed at forcing the resignation of President Chen Shui-bian 陳水扁|陈水扁[Chen2 Shui3 bian3] in 2006 over corruption allegations
 dào cǎi adverse audience reaction: boos and jeers, hissing, catcalls or deliberate applause after a mistake
 dào cǎi variant of 倒彩[dao4 cai3]
 dǎo cāng to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it) / voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty)
 dǎo cáo to die out (of livestock)
 dǎo chá rotation of crops
 dào dài rewind (media player)
 dǎo dàn mischief / to make trouble
 dào fàng to turn upside down / to upend
 dào fèn to turn over manure / fig. to offend others by endlessly repeating unpleasant remarks
 dào gōu barb / bicycle kick, or overhead kick (football)
 dǎo jiào to ruminate (of cows)
 dǎo jiáo to ruminate (of cows)
 dǎo jiào (of cows) to ruminate
 dào jié trichiasis (ingrown eyelashes)
 dào kāi to reverse a vehicle / to drive backwards
 dǎo nong to move (things around) / to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)
 dào péi to sustain loss in trade
 dào piàn (cinema) to rewind (a reel) / (photography) to rewind (a roll of film)
 dǎo sǎng (of a singer) to lose one's voice / (male opera singer's) voice change (at puberty)
 dào sǒu bandits' den
 dào suǒ locked in (with the door locked from the outside)
 dǎo tān to collapse (of building)
 dǎo teng to move / to shift / to exchange / to buy and sell / peddling
 dǎo tì to take turns (responsibility) / to replace
 dào wèi inversion
 dào xiàng inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)
 dào xiàng phase reversal / phase inversion
 dào xiě mirror writing / upside down writing
 dǎo xiū to shift holidays, taking a weekday off
 dào xù reverse order / inverted order
 dào yān to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)
 dǎo yáng (med.) to be impotent
 dǎo zào to fall (from power) / in decline / unlucky
 dǎo zhàng dead loan / bad debts / to refuse to pay loan
 dǎo zhàng unrecoverable debt / bad debt / to evade debt
 dào zhuàn (of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse / Taiwan pr. [dao4 zhuan3]
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 dào jì shí to count down / countdown
 dǎo méi dàn (coll.) poor devil / unfortunate man
 dǎo wèi kǒu to spoil one's appetite / fig. to get fed up with sth
 dào zāi cōng to fall headlong / (fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure
 dǎo shí chā to adjust to a different time zone
 dào bèi shǒu with one's hands behind one's back
 dào cǎi shēng jeering / booing / catcalls
 dào chā mén to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)
 dào chē dǎng reverse gear
 dào chūn hán cold snap during the spring
 dào guò r the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)
 dào kǔ shuǐ to pour out one's grievances
 dào lì xiàng inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)
 dǎo xuè méi to have rotten luck (stronger version of 倒霉[dao3 mei2])
 dào zhuāng jù inversion (rhetoric device of inverting the word order for heightened effect) / anastrophe
 dào zuò r the north-facing room opposite the master's in a siheyuan 四合院[si4 he2 yuan4]
 dào xíng nì shī to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things
 dào dǎ yī pá lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒|猪八戒 / in Journey to the West 西遊記|西游记 / fig. to counterattack / to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)
 dǎo mǎi dǎo mài to buy and sell at a profit / to speculate
 dào bèi rú liú to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)
 dǎo gē xiè jiǎ to lay down arms
 dào guǒ wéi yīn to reverse cause and effect / to put the horse before the cart
 dǎo hǎi fān jiāng see 翻江倒海[fan1 jiang1 dao3 hai3]
 dào xuán zhī jí lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits
 dào xuán zhī kǔ lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits
 dào bèi shǒu r erhua variant of 倒背手[dao4 bei4 shou3]
 dào diào là zhú Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)
 dǎo méi dàn r erhua variant of 倒霉蛋[dao3 mei2 dan4]
 dào xuán zhī wēi lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom) / fig. extremely critical situation / dire straits
 dào chōu yī kǒu qì to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)
 dào chōu le yī kǒu qì to gasp (in surprise, dismay, fright etc)
 dào xī yī kǒu liáng qì to gasp (with amazement or shock etc) / to feel a chill run down one's spine / to have one's hairs stand on end
Approximate Results for 倒
 fǎn dào but on the contrary / but expectedly
 yūn dǎo to faint / to swoon / to black out / to become unconscious
 dǎ dǎo to overthrow / to knock down / Down with ... !
 shuāi dǎo to fall down / to slip and fall / to throw sb to the ground
 diē dǎo to tumble / to fall / fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
 hūn dǎo to faint
 diān dǎo to turn upside down / to reverse / back to front / confused / deranged / crazy
 qīng dào to dump / to pour / to empty out
 qīng dǎo to topple over / to greatly admire
 yā dǎo to overwhelm / to overpower / overwhelming
 tuī dǎo to push over / to overthrow
 jī dǎo to knock down / knocked down
 guì dǎo to kneel down / to sink to one's knees / to grovel
 zhuàng dǎo to knock down / to knock over / to run over (sb)
 pū dǎo to fall down
 bìng dǎo to fall ill / to be stricken with an illness
 lā dǎo to pull down / (coll.) to let it go / to drop it
 xià dǎo to be frightened
 bàn dǎo to trip / to stumble
 zāi dǎo to take a fall
 bài dǎo to prostrate oneself / to fall on one's knees / to grovel
 nán dǎo to baffle / to confound / to stump
 liáo dǎo disappointed / frustrated / dejected
 fān dǎo to overturn / to overthrow / to capsize / to collapse
 huá dǎo to slip (lose one's footing)
 wò dǎo to lie down / to drop to the ground
 liào dǎo to knock down / to mow down
 pèng dǎo to knock sth over
 bó dǎo to refute / to demolish (an argument, theory etc)
 guān dǎo speculation by officials / profiteering by government employees / bureaucratic turpitude
 bēng dǎo to collapse / to crash down / to fall down in a heap
 fàng dǎo to knock over / to knock down / to lay flat / to fell / to bring down
 jué dǎo to split one's sides laughing
 pán dǎo to interrogate, leaving sb speechless
 què dào but on the contrary / but unexpectedly
 tǎng dǎo to lie down
 wèn dǎo to stump / to baffle
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 nán bù dǎo not to pose a problem for sb / cannot stump sb
 yā dǎo xìng overwhelming
 yī biān dǎo to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side / to support unconditionally
 bù dǎo wēng roly-poly toy / tilting doll / tumbler
 bāng dào máng to be more of a hindrance than a help
 sān bān dǎo three-shift system (work rostering)
 hè dào cǎi to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)
 suí fēng dǎo to bend with the wind
 kāi dào chē to drive in reverse / fig. to take a backward step / retrogressive / trying to turn the clock back
  tipping fee
 nà dào shi Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization)
 shǒu dào lì handstand
 shùn shān dǎo Timber! (lumberjack's warning call)
 tóu dào lì headstand
 xiǎng dǎo měi see 想得美[xiang3 de2 mei3]
 yī miàn dǎo to be entirely on one side / one-sided / lopsided / partisan / overwhelmingly on one side
2015倒  Countdown to 2015
 pái shān dǎo hǎi lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom) / earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance
 fān jiāng dǎo hǎi lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) / fig. overwhelming / earth-shattering / in a spectacular mess
 tóu jī dǎo bǎ speculation and profiteering (idiom) / buying and selling on speculation
 diān sān dǎo sì confused / disorderly / incoherent
 diān dǎo shì fēi to invert right and wrong
 diān lái dǎo qù to harp on / over and over / merely ring changes on a few terms
 bān bù dǎo r tumbler / roly-poly
 běn mò dào zhì lit. to invert root and branch (idiom) / fig. confusing cause and effect / to stress the incidental over the fundamental / to put the cart before the horse
 diān dǎo hēi bái lit. to invert black and white (idiom) / to distort the truth deliberately / to misrepresent the facts / to invert right and wrong
 diān luán dǎo fèng to have sexual intercourse
西 dōng dǎo xī wāi to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom) / to sway / (of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle
 fān xiāng dǎo guì to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)
 jiě mín dào xuán lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius) / to save the people from dire straits
 nì xíng dǎo shī to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things
 qīng xiāng dǎo qiè to exhaust all one has / to leave no stone unturned / to try one's best
 qīng zhòng dào zhì to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) / lacking a sense of perspective / to put the cart before the horse
 shén hún diān dǎo lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom) / infatuated and head over heels in love / fascinated / captivated
 suí fēng dǎo duò to trim one's sails with the wind / to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)
 yí shān dǎo hǎi lit. to move mountains and drain seas / to transform nature
  littering
 diān dǎo guò lái to invert
 fān xiāng dǎo qiè to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)
 hǎi shuǐ dào guàn saltwater intrusion
 nì xíng dào shī to go against the tide (idiom) / to do things all wrong / to try to turn back history / a perverse way of doing things
 pěng fù jué dǎo doubled up with laughter
 pín qióng liáo dǎo poverty stricken
 qīng xiāng dào qiè (idiom) to exhaust all one has / to leave no stone unturned / to try one's best
 qióng chóu liáo dǎo destitute and troubled / in dire straits
 suí fēng dǎo liǔ lit. a willow that bends with the wind / one with no fixed principles (idiom)
1999年  Countdown to 1999
 shù dǎo hú sūn sàn When the tree topples the monkeys scatter. (idiom) / fig. an opportunist abandons an unfavorable cause / Rats leave a sinking ship.
 bīng bài rú shān dǎo troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom) / a beaten army in total collapse
 qiáng dǎo zhòng rén tuī lit. when a wall is about to collapse, everybody gives it a shove (idiom) / fig. everybody hits a man who is down
 zhú tǒng dǎo dòu zi to pour beans out of a bamboo tube / to come clean / to make a clean breast of things
 zhú tǒng dào dòu zi to pour beans out of a bamboo tube / (fig.) to come clean / to make a clean breast of things
2010倒  Countdown 2010 Initiative
2015倒  Countdown to 2015 Conference
  Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter / London Dumping Convention
西 dōng fēng yā dǎo xī fēng lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom) / fig. one side prevails over the other / progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones
  Countdown to Istanbul
 hǎo xīn dào zuò le lu:2 gān fēi lit. to mistake good intentions for a donkey's liver and lungs (idiom) / fig. to mistake good intentions for ill intent
  Contracting Parties to the London Dumping Convention
2000年  London Dumping Convention Task Team 2000
 bìng lái rú shān dǎo , bìng qù rú chōu sī sickness comes like a landslide, but goes slowly like spinning silk (idiom) / expect to convalesce slowly
  Protocol for the Prevention of Pollution of the South Pacific Region by Dumping
  Guidelines for the Assessment of Wastes or Other Matter that May be Considered for Dumping
  Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter / London Dumping Convention
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