Pronunciation
:
dǎo
Meaning
:
(verb) to collapse
HSK
:
2
Notes
:
Also as

  • [HSK2] (verb) (dào) to pour
倒
Pronunciation
:
dǎo
Meaning
:
  1. (verb) fall
  2. (verb) fail
  3. (verb) spoil
  4. (verb) change
  5. (verb) speculate
  6. (verb) lose
Radical
:
亻
Strokes
:
10
Traditional
:
倒
Notes
:
also as dào
Sentences:
他不小心摔倒了。
He accidentally fell down.

tā bù xiǎo xīn shuāi dǎo le 。

他
:
he
不小心
:
accidentally
摔倒
:
fall down
了
:
(completed action)
小心，别倒在地上。
Be careful, don’t fall down on the ground.

xiǎo xīn ， bié dǎo zài dì shàng 。

小心
:
be careful
别
:
don’t
倒
:
fall down
在
:
on
地上
:
ground
那棵树被风吹倒了。
That tree was blown down by the wind.

nà kē shù bèi fēng chuī dǎo le 。

那
:
that
棵
:
(measure word for trees)
树
:
tree
被
:
by
风
:
wind
吹倒
:
blow down
了
:
(completed action)
他太累了，一坐下就倒在沙发上。
He was so tired that he collapsed onto the sofa as soon as he sat down.

tā tài lèi le ， yí zuò xià jiù dǎo zài shā fā shàng 。

他
:
he
太
:
too
累
:
tired
了
:
(change of state)
一…就
:
as soon as
坐下
:
sit down
倒
:
collapse
在
:
on
沙发
:
sofa
上
:
on