躺倒

tǎngdǎo
verb #32,152

Meanings

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

Examples

Tā lèi de yī huí jiā jiù tǎngdǎo zài shāfā shàng.
He was so tired that he flopped down on the couch as soon as he got home.
Bìngrén tǎngdǎo zài chuáng shàng dòng bù liǎo.
The patient lay collapsed on the bed, unable to move.

Tips

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

Stroke Order

tǎng
dào