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
倒塌
dǎotā
to collapse; to topple
Characters in this word
塌 tā
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 土 — soil, earth
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 连续降雨削弱了山体，几间临时房屋在凌晨突然倒塌。 Liánxù jiàngyǔ xuēruò le shāntǐ, jǐ jiān línshí fángwū zài língchén tūrán dǎotā. Continuous rainfall weakened the hillside, and several temporary houses suddenly collapsed before dawn.
- 那座旧桥被大水冲了一夜，第二天早上倒塌了。 Nà zuò jiù qiáo bèi dàshuǐ chōng le yí yè, dì èr tiān zǎoshang dǎotā le. The old bridge was battered by floodwater all night and collapsed the next morning.
- 大风过后，院子里的旧围墙倒塌了一半。 Dàfēng guòhòu, yuànzi lǐ de jiù wéiqiáng dǎotā le yí bàn. After the strong wind, half of the old wall in the yard collapsed.
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
- 倒计时 dàojìshí countdown
- 倒数 dàoshǔ to count backwards; from the end
- 倒退 dàotuì to go backwards; to regress