Meaning of 倒塌
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
dǎotā
- to collapse (of building)
- to topple over
倒塌 in example sentences
Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.
若有大地震，房屋会倒塌呀！
If there's a big earthquake, the house could really collapse!
开罗的一栋大楼倒塌了。
A building collapsed in Cairo.
桥在重压之下倒塌了。
The bridge crashed under the pressure.
里约热内卢的一条海边的高架自行车道倒塌了。
An elevated seaside bike path collapsed in Rio.
里约热内卢的一条自行车道倒塌了。
A bike path collapsed in Rio.
Stroke order for each character
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倒 dǎo · to fall · 10 strokes
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塌 tā · to collapse · 13 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 倒塌.
| 倒闭 | dǎobì | to go bankrupt; to close down |
| 倒车 | dǎochē | to change buses, trains etc |
| 摔倒 | shuāidǎo | to fall down; to slip and fall |
| 倒是 | dàoshì | contrary to what one might expect; actually |
| 倒霉 | dǎoméi | to have bad luck; to be out of luck |
| 打倒 | dǎdǎo | to overthrow; to knock down |
| 倒下 | dǎoxia | to collapse; to topple over |
| 倒数 | dàoshǔ | to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down |
| 晕倒 | yūndǎo | to faint; to swoon |
| 倒计时 | dàojìshí | to count down; countdown |
| 一塌糊涂 | yītāhútú | muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles |
| 颠倒 | diāndǎo | to turn upside down; to reverse |
Questions about 倒塌
What does 倒塌 mean?
倒塌 (dǎotā) means "to collapse (of building); to topple over" and is used as a verb.
How do you write 倒塌?
倒塌 is made of 2 characters: 倒 (10 strokes), 塌 (13 strokes). That is 23 strokes in total.
Is 倒塌 an HSK word?
Yes. 倒塌 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.