倒

dàodǎo

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

How to write 倒, stroke by stroke

dào: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
dǎo: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit

Pictophonetic: semantic 亻 (person), phonetic 到

Made of 亻 + 到

倒霉dǎo méito have bad luck; to be out of luck
打倒dǎ dǎoto overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... !
倒下dǎo xiàto collapse; to topple over
摔倒shuāi dǎoto fall down; to slip and fall; to throw sb to the ground
倒数dào shǔto count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down; from the bottom (lines on a page); from the back (rows of seats)
倒数dào shùinverse number; reciprocal (math.)
跌倒diē dǎoto tumble; to fall; fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)
晕倒yūn dǎoto faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious
倒计时dào jì shíto count down; countdown
昏倒hūn dǎoto faint
击倒jī dǎoto knock down; knocked down
倒闭dǎo bìto go bankrupt; to close down

他不会打倒我的。
tā bú huì dǎ dǎo wǒ de 。
He won't beat me.
那个老太太摔倒了爬不起来。
nà ge lǎo tài tài shuāi dǎo le pá bù qǐ lái 。
The old woman fell and could not get up.
我真的很倒霉！
wǒ zhēn de hěn dǎo méi ！
How unlucky I am!
马倒下时脖子断了。
mǎ dǎo xià shí bó zi duàn le 。
The horse broke its neck when it fell.
他向后跌倒了。
tā xiàng hòu diē dǎo le 。
He fell backward.