dǎo

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit

person (亻) + [sound: dào] (到) = a person falling down

到 (dào) gives the pronunciation — note the near-match with dǎo. The person radical anchors the image: a human figure tipping over, falling flat.

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A personSemantic
To arrivePhonetic

他走路时不小心,在地上了。

tā zǒu lù shí bù xiǎo xīn, dǎo zài dì shàng le。

he was not careful while walking and fell to the ground.

那家小店因为没有客人而了。

nà jiā xiǎo diàn yīn wèi méi yǒu kè rén ér dǎo le。

that small shop went bankrupt because it had no customers.

Words with 倒

卧倒

wò dǎo

to lie down

那倒是

nà dào shi

Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization)

醉倒

zuì dǎo

to pass out drunk

头倒立

tóu dào lì

headstand

开倒车

kāi dào chē

to drive in reverse

随风倒

suí fēng dǎo

to bend with the wind

随风倒柳

suí fēng dǎo liǔ

lit. a willow that bends with the wind

随风倒舵

suí fēng dǎo duò

to trim one's sails with the wind

难不倒

nán bù dǎo

not to pose a problem for sb

难倒

nán dǎo

to baffle

顺山倒

shùn shān dǎo

Timber! (lumberjack's warning call)

颠三倒四

diān sān dǎo sì

confused

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