躺倒

tǎngdǎo

verb #32,152

Meanings

1 to lie down
2 to flop down
3 to collapse onto a surface

Characters

to fall; to topple

Examples

HSK 1

病人躺倒在床上动不了。

Bìngrén tǎngdǎo zài chuáng shàng dòng bù liǎo.

The patient lay collapsed on the bed, unable to move.

HSK 3

他累得一回家就躺倒在沙发上。

Tā lèi de yī huíjiā jiù tǎngdǎo zài shāfā shàng.

He was so tired that he flopped down on the couch as soon as he got home.

Tips

usage

躺倒 implies a sudden or heavy lying-down, from exhaustion, illness, or surrender, unlike the neutral 躺下 ('to lie down'). It overlaps loosely with the recent slang 躺平 ('lying flat') but stays purely physical.

Stroke Order

躺 tǎng

倒 dǎo