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
倒计时
dàojìshí
countdown
Characters in this word
计 jì
- Strokes
- 4
- Radical
- 讠 — words, speech
- Made of
- 讠 words, speech 十 ten, tenth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
时 shí
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 日 — sun
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 发射前的倒计时刚开始，控制中心就发现了异常信号。 Fāshè qián de dàojìshí gāng kāishǐ, kòngzhì zhōngxīn jiù fāxiàn le yìcháng xìnhào. As soon as the countdown before launch began, the control centre detected an abnormal signal.
- 新年的倒计时开始了，大家一起大声数起来。 Xīnnián de dàojìshí kāishǐ le, dàjiā yìqǐ dàshēng shǔ qǐlái. The New Year countdown has begun, and everyone counts out loud together.
- 离考试只剩三天，我们进入了复习倒计时。 Lí kǎoshì zhǐ shèng sān tiān, wǒmen jìnrù le fùxí dàojìshí. Only three days remain before the exam, and we have entered the review countdown.
Related words
- 倒 dǎo to fall over
- 倒 dào to pour
- 倒闭 dǎobì to go bankrupt
- 倒车 dǎochē to transfer vehicles
- 倒车 dàochē to reverse a car
- 倒是 dàoshì actually; on the other hand
- 摔倒 shuāidǎo to fall down
- 打倒 dǎdǎo to knock down; to overthrow
- 倒霉 dǎoméi unlucky; unfortunate
- 倒塌 dǎotā to collapse; to topple
- 倒数 dàoshǔ to count backwards; from the end
- 倒退 dàotuì to go backwards; to regress