倒 dào▶ inverted

Stroke order

倒 is written in 10 strokes.

• 倒

Senses

1. to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
2. to pour out
3. to tip out; to dump
4. inverted; upside down; reversed
5. to go backward
6. contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

Example sentences

• 请给我倒一杯水。Qǐng gěi wǒ dào yì bēi shuǐ.Please pour me a glass of water.
• 这个字写倒了。Zhège zì xiě dào le.This character is written upside down.

Related words

• 倒霉fall on evil days
• 摔倒fall
• 倒闭Collapse
• 颠倒Upside down

倒 is pronounced dào and means “inverted”.

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