Usage of the character 倒

lit. to hang upside down
fig. topsy-turvy and inequitable, e.g. manufacturing and trading costs exceed the sale price (of some goods)
to borrow more than one can ever repay

dǎonong

倒弄

[倒弄]

to move (things around)
to buy and sell at a profit (derog.)

quèdào

却倒

[卻倒]

but on the contrary
but unexpectedly

bàidǎo

拜倒

[拜倒]

to prostrate oneself
to fall on one's knees
to grovel

qīngdǎo

倾倒

[傾倒]

to topple over
to greatly admire

pándǎo

盘倒

[盤倒]

to interrogate, leaving sb speechless

dàoshù

倒数

[倒數]

inverse number
reciprocal (math.)

pūdǎo

扑倒

[撲倒]

to fall down

dàoxiàng

倒像

[倒像]

(optics) inverted image

tǎngdǎo

躺倒

[躺倒]

to lie down

dàoliú

倒流

[倒流]

to flow backwards
reverse flow

dàoxù

倒叙

[倒敘]

to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning
to flash back
flashback (in a novel, movie etc)

dǎdǎo

打倒

[打倒]

to overthrow
to knock down
Down with ... !

dǎotì

倒替

[倒替]

to take turns (responsibility)
to replace

dàodài

倒带

[倒帶]

rewind (media player)

dǎoshǒu

倒手

[倒手]

to shift from one hand to the other
to change hands (of merchandise)

dàogōu

倒钩

[倒鉤]

barb
(football) bicycle kick; overhead kick

tuīdǎo

推倒

[推倒]

to push over
to overthrow

liàodǎo

撂倒

[撂倒]

to knock down
to mow down

dàojié

倒睫

[倒睫]

trichiasis (ingrown eyelashes)

dǎotái

倒台

[倒臺]

to fall from power; to collapse
downfall

dǎoyé

倒爷

[倒爺]

(coll.) a profiteer
(business) wheeler-dealer

dàozhuàn

倒转

[倒轉]

(of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse
Taiwan pr. (dàozhuàn)

dǎobǎ

倒把

[倒把]

to play the market
to speculate (on financial markets)
to profiteer

dàoyān

倒烟

[倒煙]

to have smoke billowing from a fireplace or stove (due to a blockage in the chimney)

dǎochá

倒茬

[倒茬]

rotation of crops

dǎodàn

倒蛋

[倒蛋]

mischief
to make trouble

fàngdǎo

放倒

[放倒]

to knock over; to knock down; to lay flat; to fell; to bring down

hūndǎo

昏倒

[昏倒]

to faint

yūndǎo

晕倒

[暈倒]

to faint
to swoon
to black out
to become unconscious

dǎohuàn

倒换

[倒換]

to take turns
to rotate (responsibility)

pèngdǎo

碰倒

[碰倒]

to knock sth over

juédǎo

绝倒

[絕倒]

to split one's sides laughing

diēdǎo

跌倒

[跌倒]

to tumble
to fall
fig. to suffer a reverse (in politics or business)

bìngdǎo

病倒

[病倒]

to fall ill
to be stricken with an illness

dàotiē

倒贴

[倒貼]

to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)

dàochē

倒车

[倒車]

to reverse (a vehicle)
to drive backwards

dàobī

倒逼

[倒逼]

(neologism c. 2006) (of circumstances) to stimulate (change, esp. innovation, reform etc)

qīngdào

倾倒

[傾倒]

to dump
to pour
to empty out

dàofǎn

倒反

[倒反]

instead
on the contrary
contrary (to expectations)

dàokāi

倒开

[倒開]

to reverse a vehicle
to drive backwards

dǎocāng

倒仓

[倒倉]

to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it)
voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty)

dàoxuán

倒悬

[倒懸]

lit. to hang upside down
fig. in dire straits

dǎoshíchā

倒时差

[倒時差]

to adjust to a different time zone

bùdǎowēng

不倒翁

[不倒翁]

roly-poly toy

tóudàolì

头倒立

[頭倒立]

headstand

dàokǔshuǐ

倒苦水

[倒苦水]

to pour out one's grievances

yīmiàndǎo

一面倒

[一面倒]

to be entirely on one side
one-sided
lopsided
partisan
overwhelmingly on one side

dǎowèikǒu

倒胃口

[倒胃口]

to spoil one's appetite
fig. to get fed up with sth

dǎoméidàn

倒霉蛋

[倒霉蛋]

(coll.) poor devil
unfortunate man

kāidàochē

开倒车

[開倒車]

to drive in reverse
fig. to take a backward step
retrogressive
trying to turn the clock back

dàobèishǒu

倒背手

[倒背手]

with one's hands behind one's back

dàozāicōng

倒栽葱

[倒栽蔥]

to fall headlong
(fig.) to suffer an ignominious failure

dàochēdǎng

倒车挡

[倒車擋]

reverse gear

shùnshāndǎo

顺山倒

[順山倒]

Timber! (lumberjack's warning call)

dàochūnhán

倒春寒

[倒春寒]

cold snap during the spring

dàozuòr

倒座儿

[倒座兒]

the north-facing room opposite the master's in a siheyuan 四合院 (sìhéyuàn)

nàdàoshi

那倒是

[那倒是]

Oh that's true! (interjection of sudden realization)

dàolìxiàng

倒立像

[倒立像]

inverted image
reversed image (e.g. upside down)

shǒudàolì

手倒立

[手倒立]

handstand

nánbùdǎo

难不倒

[難不倒]

not to pose a problem for sb
cannot stump sb

dàocǎishēng

倒彩声

[倒彩聲]

jeering
booing
catcalls

sānbāndǎo

三班倒

[三班倒]

three-shift system (work rostering)

suífēngdǎo

随风倒

[隨風倒]

to bend with the wind

bāngdàománg

帮倒忙

[幫倒忙]

to be more of a hindrance than a help

dàojìshí

倒计时

[倒計時]

to count down
countdown

dàozhuāngjù

倒装句

[倒裝句]

(linguistics) inverted sentence

yībiāndǎo

一边倒

[一邊倒]

to have the advantage overwhelmingly on one side
to support unconditionally

xiǎngdǎoměi

想倒美

[想倒美]

see 想得美 (xiǎngdéměi)

dàoguòr

倒过儿

[倒過兒]

the wrong way round (back to front, inside out etc)

yādǎoxìng

压倒性

[壓倒性]

overwhelming

dǎoxuèméi

倒血霉

[倒血霉]

to have rotten luck (stronger version of 倒霉 (dǎoméi))

dàochāmén

倒插门

[倒插門]

to marry and live with the bride's family (inverting traditional Chinese expectations)

hèdàocǎi

喝倒彩

[喝倒彩]

to boo or jeer (as a sign of displeasure at an actor)

diāndǎoshìfēi

颠倒是非

[顛倒是非]

to invert right and wrong

dàoguǒwéiyīn

倒果为因

[倒果為因]

to reverse cause and effect
to put the horse before the cart

hǎishuǐdàoguàn

海水倒灌

[海水倒灌]

saltwater intrusion

dàobèishǒur

倒背手儿

[倒背手兒]

erhua variant of 倒背手 (dàobèishǒu)

dǎoméidànr

倒霉蛋儿

[倒霉蛋兒]

erhua variant of 倒霉蛋 (dǎoméidàn)

qióngchóuliáodǎo

穷愁潦倒

[窮愁潦倒]

impoverished and dejected; wretched and penniless

dàoxuánzhīwēi

倒悬之危

[倒懸之危]

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
dire straits

diāndǎohēibái

颠倒黑白

[顛倒黑白]

lit. to invert black and white (idiom); to distort the truth deliberately
to misrepresent the facts
to invert right and wrong

diānláidǎoqù

颠来倒去

[顛來倒去]

to harp on
over and over
merely ring changes on a few terms

fānjiāngdǎohǎi

翻江倒海

[翻江倒海]

lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
fig. overwhelming
earth-shattering
in a spectacular mess

dǎogēxièjiǎ

倒戈卸甲

[倒戈卸甲]

to lay down arms

suífēngdǎoduò

随风倒舵

[隨風倒舵]

to trim one's sails with the wind
to adopt different attitude depending on the circumstances (idiom)

dàoxuánzhīkǔ

倒悬之苦

[倒懸之苦]

lit. the pain of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
dire straits

qīngxiāngdàoqiè

倾箱倒箧

[傾箱倒篋]

(idiom) to exhaust all one has
to leave no stone unturned
to try one's best

fānxiāngdǎoguì

翻箱倒柜

[翻箱倒櫃]

to overturn trunks and boxes
to make a thorough search (idiom)

dàochí- Tài'ē

倒持太阿

[倒持太阿]

variant of 倒持泰阿 (dàochi-Tàiè)

dàodiàolàzhú

倒吊蜡烛

[倒吊蠟燭]

Wrightia tinctoria (flowering plant in Apocynaceae family, common names dyer's oleander or pala indigo)

pínqióngliáodǎo

贫穷潦倒

[貧窮潦倒]

destitute; poverty-stricken

nìxíngdàoshī

逆行倒施

[逆行倒施]

to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
to try to turn back history
a perverse way of doing things

diānluándǎofèng

颠鸾倒凤

[顛鸞倒鳳]

to have sexual intercourse

tóujīdǎobǎ

投机倒把

[投機倒把]

to engage in speculation and profiteering

shénhúndiāndǎo

神魂颠倒

[神魂顛倒]

lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love
fascinated
captivated

yíshāndǎohǎi

移山倒海

[移山倒海]

lit. to move mountains and drain seas
to transform nature

dǎohǎifānjiāng

倒海翻江

[倒海翻江]

see 翻江倒海 (fānjiāngdǎohǎi)

dàoxuánzhījí

倒悬之急

[倒懸之急]

lit. the crisis of being hanged upside down (idiom); fig. extremely critical situation
dire straits

dàobèirúliú

倒背如流

[倒背如流]

to know by heart (so well that you can recite it backwards)

pěngfù-juédǎo

捧腹绝倒

[捧腹絕倒]

to laugh until it hurts; to laugh heartily

qīngzhòngdàozhì

轻重倒置

[輕重倒置]

to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important)
lacking a sense of perspective
to put the cart before the horse

běnmòdàozhì

本末倒置

[本末倒置]

lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
to stress the incidental over the fundamental
to put the cart before the horse

fānxiāngdǎoqiè

翻箱倒箧

[翻箱倒篋]

to overturn trunks and boxes
to make a thorough search (idiom)

diāndǎoguòlái

颠倒过来

[顛倒過來]

to invert

páishāndǎohǎi

排山倒海

[排山倒海]

lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering
fig. gigantic
of spectacular significance

bānbùdǎor

扳不倒儿

[扳不倒兒]

(dialect) roly-poly toy

dǎomǎidǎomài

倒买倒卖

[倒買倒賣]

to buy and sell at a profit
to speculate

jiěmíndàoxuán

解民倒悬

[解民倒懸]

lit. to rescue the people from hanging upside down (idiom, from Mencius); to save the people from dire straits

suífēngdǎoliǔ

随风倒柳

[隨風倒柳]

lit. a willow that bends with the wind
one with no fixed principles (idiom)

dōngdǎoxīwāi

东倒西歪

[東倒西歪]

to lean unsteadily from side to side (idiom)
to sway
(of buildings etc) to lean at a crazy angle

dàochí- Tài'ē

倒持泰阿

[倒持泰阿]

lit. to present the handle of a sword to another (idiom)
fig. to relinquish power to another; to place oneself at another's mercy

dàodǎyīpá

倒打一耙

[倒打一耙]

lit. to strike with a muckrake (idiom), cf Pigsy 豬八戒／猪八戒 in Journey to the West 西遊記／西游记; fig. to counterattack
to make bogus accusations (against one's victim)

diānsāndǎosì

颠三倒四

[顛三倒四]