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倒 (dou2) — be spoiled; malfunction in Cantonese

douˊ²倒
Mandarin Pinyin: dao3

Meaning of 倒

nounbe spoiled; malfunction
noun(business) fail; collapse
noun(v)
nounmove around
noun(v) pour out; tip; dump (garbage)
nounchange; shift; exchange
nounfall over; topple; overthrow

Example Sentences with 倒

你考倒我。
You baffle me.
啲西瓜倒瓤咯！
The water melons are overly ripe (and spoilt)!
我有個方法打倒佢
I’ve got a way of taking him down.
cingˊ²請bongˉ¹幫ngoˏ₅我dou˗₃倒buiˉ¹杯hoiˉ¹開seoi2.水。
Please pour me a glass of boiled water.
soengˊ²想dou˗₃倒daai˗₃帶faanˉ¹返heoi˗₃去
Wish I could turn back time.
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Words Containing 倒

反倒faan2 dou3
on the contrary; instead
窮愁潦倒kung4 sau4 lou5 dou2
living in poverty and feeling dispirited
倒塔咁早dou2 taap3 gam3 zou2
very early in the morning
打倒褪daa2 dou3 tan3
to go backwards; to go in reverse
窮途潦倒kung4 tou4 lou5 dou2
be down and out
倒頭dou2 tau4
go to bed; lie down
不倒翁bat1 dou2 jung1
tumbler; roly-poly
倒瓤dou2 nong4
overly ripe (for melons)
倒閉邊緣dou2 bai3 bin1 jyun4
on the verge of collapse
倒楣dou2 mei4
to be unlucky; variant of 倒霉
顛倒過來din1 dou2 gwo3 lai4
invert
大熱倒灶daai6 jit6 dou2 zou3
a major upset; failure of the hot favourite

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