倒 dào
“to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump”
verb, adverbHSK 5 · 2021 list level 2
新HSK等级2025 HSK 3.0 syllabus level
倒 appears in the November 2025 exam syllabus in the following numbered entries. Levels refer to the listed reading and use, not every meaning.
- Entry 1141: 倒 dào — Level 4; official annotation 4（6） (动、（副）). PDF page 108
- Entry 2255: 倒 dǎo — Level 5; official annotation 5 (动). PDF page 136
Separate from the HSK 2.0 and 2021 list labels above. Compare the three lists.
义项All meanings
- dǎo: to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit
- dào: to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet