倒

Translingual

Han character

倒 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+8, 10 strokes, cangjie input 人一土弓 (OMGN), four-corner 2220₀, composition ⿰亻到)

Derived characters

• 𰂺, 𨃫, 𪝻

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 107, character 27
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 767
• Dae Jaweon: page 229, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 174, character 2
• Unihan data for U+5012

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 倒
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
Small seal script s05917
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *taːwʔ, *taːws) : semantic 亻 + phonetic 到 (OC *taːws).

Pronunciation 1

Definitions

倒

1. to fall; to fall over; to fall down
2. to collapse; to fall in
3. to lie down; to recline
4. to fail; to be on the decline
5. to be damaged; to malfunction
6. to go bankrupt; to close down
7. to sell out; to sell up; to give up for money
8. to buy and resell for a profit
9. to stop; to discontinue
10. to move; to move around
11. to change; to switch over
12. (Cantonese) to pour out; to tip; to dump

    倒垃圾 [Cantonese]  ―  dou² laap⁶ saap³   ―  to take out the trash

13. (neologism, slang) to be astonished (to the extent that one feels dizzy and falls); to be left speechless

    我倒，還有這樣的。 [MSC, trad.]
    我倒，还有这样的。 [MSC, simp.]

    Wǒ dǎo, hái yǒu zhèyàng de.

    What? I can't believe this.

14. (Southwestern Mandarin) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Synonyms

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Definitions

倒

1. to put upside down; to invert; to be inverted
2. to reverse; to move backwards; to turn back
3. upside down; inverted; flipped; reversed
4. to pour out; to dump; to empty

   倒垃圾  ―  dào lājī  ―  to take out the trash

5. to cast; to mould
6. contrary to expectation; conversely; on the contrary; instead

   • 他到自己的地方來，自己的人倒不接待他。 [MSC, trad.]
     他到自己的地方来，自己的人倒不接待他。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: John 1.11

     Tā dào zìjǐ de dìfāng lái, zìjǐ de rén dào bù jiēdài tā.

     He came unto his own, and his own received him not.

7. particle indicating contrast; but; however
8. particle used after a ‹verb + 得› structure to indicate it is contrary to the actual situation, implying blame; then
9. particle used in a subordinate clause at the beginning of a sentence to indicate concession; quite
10. particle used in an imperative sentence to indicate impatience
11. particle used to soften the tone
12. (Southern Min) left (direction)

Synonyms

Antonyms

(antonym(s) of "left"): (Hokkien, Teochew) 正 (chiàⁿ, “right”)

Compounds

References

• “倒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

Japanese

Kanji

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. overthrow

Readings

• Go-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kan-on: とう (tō, Jōyō)^{←たう (tau, historical)}
• Kun: たおれる (taoreru, 倒れる, Jōyō); たおす (taosu, 倒す, Jōyō); さかさま (sakasama, 倒)

Korean

Hanja

倒 (eumhun 넘어질 도 (neomeojil do))

1. Hanja form^? of 도 (“fall over”).
2. Hanja form^? of 도 (“lie down”).
3. Hanja form^? of 도 (“take turns”).

Vietnamese

Han character

倒: Hán Nôm readings: đảo

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Derived terms