倾倒

傾倒
qīngdào / qīngdǎo
verb #10,887

Meanings

  1. 1 to dump (waste, rubbish)
  2. 2 to pour out; to empty out

Examples

HSK 6
Yánjìn zài hébiān qīngdào lājī.
Dumping rubbish by the river is strictly forbidden.
HSK 7-9
Gōngrén bǎ shuǐní qīngdào jìn mújù lǐ.
The workers poured the cement into the mould.
HSK 7-9
Zhèxiē fèiliào bèi fēifǎ qīngdào zài shāngǔ lǐ.
This waste was illegally dumped in the valley.

Tips

mistakes
Same two characters as qīngdǎo, to topple over, but a different word. Here the second character is fourth-tone , the one that means to pour. If something is being tipped out of a container or a truck, the reading is qīngdào.
register
This reading lives in official and environmental language: 非法倾倒 illegal dumping, 倾倒废物 to dump waste. In ordinary speech people just say .

Stroke Order

qīng
dǎo