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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 倒是
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 倒是 | dào shi | - contrary to what one might expect - actually - contrariwise - why don't you |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 5 | 5,040 | 3,563 | 3,500 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 倒 | 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 |
| 倒 | 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 |
| 是 | shì | - to be (followed by substantives only) - correct; right; true - (respectful acknowledgement of a command) very well - (adverb for emphatic assertion) |
| 是 | shì | - variant of 是[shi4] |
Other Words Containing 倒是
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