倒

Pinyin: dào

to pour; to go backwards; upside down; (adverb) actually, contrary to expectation

🏮 Chinese HSK 4 verb Also in HSK 5

Example sentence

我将水倒入了桶中。

Wǒ jiāng shuǐ dào rù le tǒng zhōng.

I poured water into the bucket.

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What 倒 means

倒 (dào) is a Chinese word meaning “to pour; to go backwards; upside down; (adverb) actually, contrary to expectation”. It appears in the HSK 4 collection (and also in HSK 5).

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Words and levels: HSK Examination Syllabus (2025), Center for Language Education and Cooperation · meanings: CC-CEDICT · example sentences: Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR) · Dictionary-derived data: CC BY-SA 4.0.

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