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倒

dào

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Radical人
Strokes10
HSK 4
Definitions
v
  • to change (trains or buses)
  • to move around
  • to resell at a profit
  • to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
  • to pour out
  • to tip out; to dump
  • to go backward
adj
  • inverted; upside down; reversed
adv
  • contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
Examples

倒影

dàoyǐng

inverted image; reflection

倒果为因

dǎoguǒwéiyīn

to confuse cause and effect; to put the cart before the horse

这几本书次序放倒了。

zhè jǐ běn shū cìxù fàng dào le.

These books are placed in the wrong order.

Strokes: 10HSK 4Frequency #87Verified
倒 (dào) — to change (trains or buses) - ISCBJ Dictionary