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
倒数
dàoshǔ
to count backwards; from the end
Characters in this word
数 shǔ
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 攵 — to rap, to tap
- Made of
- 娄 a constellation 攵 to rap, to tap
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 主持人带领全场观众倒数十秒，迎接新年的到来。 Zhǔchírén dàilǐng quánchǎng guānzhòng dàoshǔ shí miǎo, yíngjiē xīnnián de dàolái. The host led the entire audience in counting down ten seconds to welcome the New Year.
- 请你从一百倒数到九十。 Qǐng nǐ cóng yìbǎi dàoshǔ dào jiǔshí. Please count backwards from one hundred to ninety.
- 他的成绩在班里倒数第三，要加油了。 Tā de chéngjì zài bān lǐ dàoshǔ dì sān, yào jiāyóu le. His grades are third from the bottom in the class; he needs to work harder.
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
- 倒计时 dàojìshí countdown
- 倒退 dàotuì to go backwards; to regress