压倒 meaning in English

yādǎo

to overwhelm; to overpower

HSK 7-9Traditional 壓倒16 strokes

Meaning of 压倒

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

yādǎo
  1. to overwhelm
  2. to overpower
  3. overwhelming

Stroke order for each character

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压 yā · to press · 6 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6

倒 dǎo · to fall · 10 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10

Related words

Words that share a character with 压倒.

压力yālìpressure
倒闭dǎobìto go bankrupt; to close down
倒车dǎochēto change buses, trains etc
摔倒shuāidǎoto fall down; to slip and fall
倒是dàoshìcontrary to what one might expect; actually
压迫yāpòto oppress; to repress
倒霉dǎoméito have bad luck; to be out of luck
打倒dǎdǎoto overthrow; to knock down
倒下dǎoxiato collapse; to topple over
压制yāzhìto suppress; to inhibit
倒数dàoshǔto count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down
血压xuèyāblood pressure

Questions about 压倒

What does 压倒 mean?

压倒 (yādǎo) means "to overwhelm; to overpower".

How do you write 压倒?

压倒 is made of 2 characters: 压 (6 strokes), 倒 (10 strokes). That is 16 strokes in total.

Is 压倒 an HSK word?

Yes. 压倒 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.

How is 压倒 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 压倒 is written 壓倒.