倒 dào▶ terbalik

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mengalami masa sulit
• 摔倒jatuh
• 倒闭Runtuh; ambruk
• 颠倒Terbalik

倒 is pronounced dào and means “terbalik”. It is part of the HSK 4 word list, a level of China’s Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi proficiency exam. Knowing what 倒 means when you see it is a weaker kind of knowing than being able to summon it; only the second survives a real conversation. LexiTrail spaces your reviews so each one lands when it will do the most work.