倒是
dào shiㄉㄠˋ ㄕ˙
Traditional: 倒是
HSK 3.0 · 6TOCFL 3
Meaning(adverb, verb)
contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you
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Stroke order
ĐẢO · 10 strokes
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
THỊ · 9 strokes
to be (followed by substantives only); correct; right; true; (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well; (adverb for emphatic assertion)
Related words
- 倒 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
- 倒 dào — to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
- 倒霉 dǎo méi — to have bad luck; to be out of luck
- 颠倒 diān dǎo — to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front; confused; deranged; crazy
- 倒闭 dǎo bì — to go bankrupt; to close down
- 反倒 fǎn dào — but on the contrary; but expectedly