HSK6: learn ten words at a time

倒 · dào

pour; tip out, pronounced dào

to ask请qǐngto / for / give给gěiI / me我wǒto invert倒dào一杯yī bēiwater水shuǐ。

qǐng gěi wǒ dào yī bēi shuǐ。

Here, 倒: pour; tip out, pronounced dào.

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倒 · dǎo

fall over; collapse, pronounced dǎo

gale大风dà fēng(把: marks the object)把bǎthat那nàclassifier for trees…棵kētree树shù吹倒chuī dào(completed / change)了le。

dà fēng bǎ nà kē shù chuī dǎo le。

Here, 倒: fall over; collapse, pronounced dǎo.

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倒闭 · dǎobì

close down because a business can no longer operate

这家zhè jiāinn店diànto go bankrupt倒闭dǎo bìback后hòu，on the street街上jiē shàngagain又yòuto open (transitive or…开kāi(completed / change)了lethe whole family一家yī jiāXindian or Hsintien city in…新店xīn diàn。

zhè jiā diàn dǎo bì hòu， jiē shàng yòu kāi le yī jiā xīn diàn。

Here, 倒闭: close down because a business can no longer operate.

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倒车 · dǎochē

change buses or trains during a journey (pronounced dǎochē)

倒车 is dǎochē when changing buses or trains during a trip. It is dàochē when reversing a vehicle. 换车 is another useful way to talk about changing vehicles.

to go去qùthere那里nà lǐwant / will / need要yàoto reverse (a vehicle)倒车dào chē，so / therefore所以suǒ yǐon the road路上lù shàngflower花huā(completed / change)了lemany不少bù shǎo(concept of) time时间shí jiān。

qù nà lǐ yào dǎo chē， suǒ yǐ lù shang huā le bù shǎo shí jiān。

Here, 倒车: change buses or trains during a journey (pronounced dǎochē).

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倒是 · dàoshì

actually; introduces an unexpected contrast

倒是 introduces something that contrasts with an expectation. Here the question looks hard, but doing it is actually not complicated. It is not the verb 倒 meaning pour.

这道题zhè dào tíseemingly看起来kàn qǐ láidifficult / hard难nán，to make做zuò(after a verb) indicating…起来qǐ láito invert倒dàoto be / is是shìnot不bùcomplicated复杂fù zá。

zhè dào tí kàn qǐ lái nán， zuò qǐ lái dào shì bù fù zá。

Here, 倒是: actually; introduces an unexpected contrast.

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