| dǎo | to fall/to collapse/to topple/to fail/to go bankrupt/to change (trains or buses)/to move around/to sell/to speculate (buying and selling, also 搗|捣)/profiteer |
| dào | upset/turn over/to tip/to pour/to go home/to the contrary/inverted |
| 倒 | to fall to collapse to topple |
| 倒三角形 | an inverted triangle |
| 倒下 | to collapse to topple over |
| 倒不如 | might just as well; as well |
| 倒买倒卖 | to buy and sell at a profit to speculate |
| 倒仓 | to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it) voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty) |
| 倒伏 | (of cereal crops) to collapse and lie flat |
| 倒休 | to shift holidays, taking a weekday off |
| 倒位 | inversion |
| 倒像 | inverted image reversed image (e.g. upside-down) |
| 倒写 | mirror writing upside down writing |
| 倒出 | swill; spill; pour-out |
| 倒刺 | barb barbed tip (e.g. of fishhook) |
| 倒剪 | To put one's hands behind one's back, or to have one's hands tied behind one's back. |
| 倒包 | to steal by switching bags, parcels, containers |
| 倒卖 | to resell at a profit to speculate |
| 倒卖票证 | trade in coupons; trade in coupons |
| 倒卧 | to lie down to drop dead |
| 倒卵形的 | obovoid; obovate |
| 倒反 | instead on the contrary contrary (to expectations) |