倒 dǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 到 to go to, to arrive
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
倒车
dàochē
to reverse a car
Characters in this word
车 chē
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 车 — cart, vehicle
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 请慢慢倒车。 Qǐng mànmàn dào chē. Please reverse slowly.
- 他正在倒车。 Tā zhèngzài dào chē. He is reversing the car now.
- 倒车要小心。 Dào chē yào xiǎoxīn. Be careful when reversing.
Related words
- 倒 dǎo to fall over
- 倒 dào to pour
- 倒闭 dǎobì to go bankrupt
- 倒车 dǎochē to transfer vehicles
- 倒是 dàoshì actually; on the other hand
- 摔倒 shuāidǎo to fall down
- 车 chē car, vehicle
- 车票 chēpiào ticket (bus or train)
- 车上 chēshang in the car, on the bus
- 车站 chēzhàn station, stop
- 打车 dǎchē to take a taxi
- 火车 huǒchē train