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
倒闭
dǎobì
to go bankrupt
Characters in this word
闭 bì
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 门 — gate, door, entrance, opening
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 小店倒闭了。 Xiǎo diàn dǎobì le. The small shop went bankrupt.
- 公司倒闭了。 Gōngsī dǎobì le. The company went bankrupt.
- 这店倒闭了。 Zhè diàn dǎobì le. This shop went bankrupt.