倒

to pour out

中从容器里流出来或使液体流出cóng rónqì lǐ liúochūlái huòshǐ yètǐ liúochūlái

• qǐngbǎshuǐdàodiào.

  请把水倒掉。🔊

  Please pour out the water.

• Tābǎchádàojìnbēizilǐ。

  她把茶倒进杯子里。🔊

  She poured the tea into the cup.

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

中使某物翻转或改变方向shǐ mǒuwù fānzhuǎn huò gǎibiàn fāngxiàng

• qǐngbǎyǐzidàoguòlái.

  请把椅子倒过来。🔊

  Please turn the chair over.

• bǎbēizidàokòuzàizhuōshangliànggān。

  把杯子倒扣在桌上晾干。🔊

  Turn the glass upside down on the table to let it dry.

to tip out; to dump

中把东西从容器里倒出来bǎ dōngxi cóng róngjì li dàochu lái

• qǐngbǎlājīdàodiào.

  请把垃圾倒掉。🔊

  Please throw away the garbage.

• tābǎbāolǐdedōngxiquándàochūláizhǎoyàoshi。

  她把包里的东西全倒出来找钥匙。🔊

  She emptied everything out of her bag to find her keys.

inverted; upside down; reversed

中颠倒；反转方向或位置diāndào; fǎnzhuǎn fāngxiàng huò wèizhì

• zhègezìxiědàole.

  这个字写倒了。🔊

  You've written this character upside down.

• zhèzhānghuàguàdàole，qǐngbāngwǒtiáoyīxià。

  这张画挂倒了，请帮我调一下。🔊

  This painting is hung upside down — could you help me fix it?

contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

中与预期相反；表示转折yǔ yùqī xiāngfǎn; biǎoshì zhuǎnzhé

• tādàohěnxǐhuān.

  他倒很喜欢。🔊

  On the contrary, he quite liked it.

• zhèdàotíkànqǐláihěnnán,tādàoyīxiàzijiěchūláile.

  这道题看起来很难，她倒一下子解出来了。🔊

  The problem looked really difficult, yet she solved it in no time.

to go backward

中向后移动；反向行进xiàng hòu yídòng；fǎnxiàng xíngjìn

• qǐngbúyàodàozhezǒu.

  请不要倒着走。🔊

  Please don't walk backwards.

• Sījīmànmàndebǎchēdàojìnlechēkù。

  司机慢慢地把车倒进了车库。🔊

  The driver slowly reversed the car into the garage.

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

中身体失去平衡而摔下来；从竖立的状态变成躺平的状态shēntǐ shīqù pínghéng ér shuāi xiàlai; cóng shùlì de zhuàngtài biàn chéng tǎngpíng de zhuàngtài

• tādǎozàidìshàng.

  他倒在地上。🔊

  He collapsed to the ground.

• Qiángfēngbǎlùbiāndedàshùdǎole.

  强风把路边的大树倒了。🔊

  The strong wind knocked over the large tree by the road.

to fail; to go bankrupt

中企业或事业停止运营，失去经济能力qǐyè huò shìyè tíngzhǐ yùnyíng, shīqù jīngjì néngliàk

• tādegōngsīdǎobìle.

  他的公司倒闭了。🔊

  His company went bankrupt.

• zhèjiāyínhángtūrándǎole，chùhùmendōuhěnhuāngzhāng。

  这家银行突然倒了，储户们都很慌张。🔊

  The bank suddenly collapsed, throwing all its depositors into a panic.

to overthrow

中用力推翻；使失去权力yònglì tuīfān; shǐ shīqù quánlì

• tābǎyǐzidǎole.

  他把椅子倒了。🔊

  He knocked over the chair.

• Gémìngjūntuīfānlejiùzhèngquán，dǎoledúcáizhě。

  革命军推翻了旧政权，倒了独裁者。🔊

  The revolutionary army overthrew the old regime and brought down the dictator.

to change (trains or buses)

中从一辆车或船换上另一辆车或船cóng yī liàng chē huò chuán huàn shàng lìng yī liàng chē huò chuán

• wǒxūyàodǎochē.

  我需要倒车。🔊

  I need to back up the car.

• qùbówùguǎnxūyàozàizhōngyāngchēzhàndǎoyīcìchē。

  去博物馆需要在中央车站倒一次车。🔊

  To get to the museum, you need to transfer once at Central Station.

to move around

中改变位置；从一个地方移到另一个地方gǎibiàn wèizhì；cóng yīgè dìfang yídào lìngyīgè dìfang

• tābǎyǐzidǎoguòlái.

  他把椅子倒过来。🔊

  He turned the chair over.

• Qǐngbǎxiāngzidǎodàojiǎoluòlǐqù.

  请把箱子倒到角落里去。🔊

  Please move that box over to the corner.

to resell at a profit

中买来后转手卖出以赚取差价mǎilái hòu zhuǎnshǒu màichū yǐ zuànqǔ chājià

• tādǎomàijiǎhuò.

  他倒卖假货。🔊

  He resells counterfeit goods.

• tāzhuānméndǎowàihuì，zhuànlebùshǎoqián。

  他专门倒外汇，赚了不少钱。🔊

  He specializes in trading foreign currency on the black market and has made quite a lot of money.