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
倒退
dàotuì
to go backwards; to regress
Characters in this word
退 tuì
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 辶 — to walk
- Made of
- 辶 to walk 艮 blunt
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 这项改革不能因为阻力重重就倒退到旧有的审批模式。 Zhè xiàng gǎigé bù néng yīnwèi zǔlì chóngchóng jiù dàotuì dào jiùyǒu de shěnpī móshì. This reform cannot retreat to the old approval model simply because it faces heavy resistance.
- 他看见一条狗冲过来，吓得连连倒退。 Tā kànjiàn yì tiáo gǒu chōng guòlái, xià de liánlián dàotuì. He saw a dog rushing at him and, frightened, kept backing away.
- 车子慢慢倒退，终于停进了车位。 Chēzi mànmàn dàotuì, zhōngyú tíng jìn le chēwèi. The car slowly reversed and finally parked in the space.
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
- 倒数 dàoshǔ to count backwards; from the end