"Backwards" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 逆向 | nì xiàng | backwards / reverse direction |  |
| 倒着 | dào zhe | backwards / in reverse / upside down | |
| 逆 |  nì | contrary / opposite / backwards / to go against / to oppose / to betray / to rebel |  |
| 朝后 | cháo hòu | backwards / facing back | |
| 倒数 | 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) | |
| 倒流 | dào liú | to flow backwards / reverse flow | |
| 倒车 | dào chē | to reverse (a vehicle) / to drive backwards | |
| 往复 | wǎng fù | to go and come back / to make a return trip / backwards and forwards (e.g. of piston or pump action) / to reciprocate (of machine part) | |
| 倒灌 | dào guàn | to flow backwards (of water, because of flood, tide, wind etc) / reverse flow / to back up (sewage) | |
| 倒 | 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 | |
| 来回来去地 | lái huí lái qù de | backwards and forwards | |
| 倒开 | dào kāi | to reverse a vehicle / to drive backwards | |
| 坐坡 | zuò pō | kick-back / bribe / to sit leaning backwards (dialect) (slang) | |
| 往复运动 | wǎng fù yùn dòng | backwards and forwards action (e.g. of piston or pump) / reciprocating motion | |
| 拼命讨好 | pīn mìng tǎo hǎo | to throw oneself at sb or sth / to bend over backwards to help | |
