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倒
倒
dào
adv. (contrary to common sense or one's expectation); but, however; (after a "verb + de" structure, implying blame); (in the subordinate clause, indicating concession); (in an imperative sentence or a question, indicating impatience); (used to soften the tone)
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Other meanings
[dào]v. to pour, to tip; to invert; to reverse; to move backward
[dǎo]v. to fall over, to fail or collapse; to overthrow; be spoiled, have malfunction; change, shift; move around; sell up; buy and resell at a profit
[dào]adj. upside down, inverted
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CHARACTER COMPOSITION
RADICAL
亻 person, man
SIMILAR CHARACTERS
WRITE STROKE BY STROKE
Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
EXAMPLES
我让你爸来,你倒来了。
我讓你爸來,你倒來了。
wǒ ràng nǐ bà lái, nǐ dào lái le .
phr. I asked your father to come, but you came instead.
没想到他的汉语倒说得很好。
沒想到他的漢語倒說得很好。
méi xiǎng dào tā de hàn yǔ dào shuō de hén hǎo .
phr. I did not expect, that his Chinese is quite good.
他的菜居然烧得这么好,倒也是件令人想不到的事。
他的菜居然燒得這麼好,倒也是件令人想不到的事。
tā de cài jū rán shāo de zhè me hǎo, dào yě shì jiàn lìng rén xiǎng bu dào de shì .
phr. His dishes are so well-cooked (he's so good at cooking); this is something quite unexpected.