dào

倒 (dào) is a Chinese word meaning “to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump”.

Meanings

  1. 1to invert; to place upside down or frontside back
  2. 2to pour out
  3. 3to tip out; to dump
  4. 4inverted; upside down; reversed
  5. 5to go backward
  6. 6contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
Part of speech
verb

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