倒
Meaning
- to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally
- to fail; to go bankrupt
- to overthrow
Example sentence
他倒在地上。
He fell to the floor.
The character 倒
倒 is dǎo when something falls over — 倒闭 is a business going under — and dào when something is turned round: 倒车 to reverse, 倒过来 the other way about. One character, two opposite pictures.