倒

dào

verb HSK 2 #553

Meanings

Person radical 亻+ 到 (to arrive) — a person who arrives and falls over

Qǐng bāng wǒ dào yì bēi shuǐ.

Please pour me a glass of water.

Tā dào tǐng cōngmíng de.

He's actually quite smart (contrary to expectation).

Bǎ lājī dào diào.

Throw out the garbage.

mistakes

倒 has two pronunciations: dào (to pour; on the contrary) and dǎo (to fall down; to collapse). Context matters.

grammar

As an adverb (dào), it expresses surprise or contrast: 他倒说得对 = He's actually right (surprisingly).

倒 dào