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
倒是
dàoshì
actually; on the other hand
Characters in this word
是 shì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- Made of
- 日 sun 疋 roll, bolt of cloth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 这菜倒是好吃。 Zhè cài dàoshì hǎochī. This dish is actually tasty.
- 他倒是很安静。 Tā dàoshì hěn ānjìng. He is actually very quiet.
- 今天倒是不冷。 Jīntiān dàoshì bù lěng. Today is not cold, actually.