| Trad. | Simp. | Pinyin | English |
| 拜倒 | bài dǎo | prostrate oneself; fall on one's knees; grovel | |
| 扳不倒兒 | 扳不倒儿 | bān bù dǎo er | tumbler; roly-poly |
| 絆倒 | 绊倒 | bàn dào | stumble |
| 幫倒忙 | 帮倒忙 | bāng dào máng | be more of a hindrance than a help |
| 本末倒置 | běn mò dǎo zhì | take the branch for the root; put the incidental before the fundamental; put the cart before the horse | |
| 病倒 | bìng dǎo | be down with an illness; be laid up | |
| 駁倒 | 驳倒 | bó dǎo | demolish sb's argument; refute; out-argue |
| 不倒翁 | bù dǎo wēng | tumbler; roly-poly | |
| 打倒 | dǎ dǎo | flatten | |
| 倒 | dǎo | to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt | |
| 倒閉 | 倒闭 | dǎo bì | to go bankrupt; to close down |
| 倒計時 | 倒计时 | dǎo jì shí | countdown |
| 倒賣 | 倒卖 | dǎo mài | reselling |
| 倒霉 | dǎo méi | have bad luck; be out of luck | |
| 倒塌 | dǎo tā | collapse; topple | |
| 倒臺 | 倒台 | dǎo tái | to overthrow; downfall; to fall from power; to go bankrupt |
| 倒騰 | 倒腾 | dǎo teng | (v) move about; (v) fraudlent buying and selling |
| 倒位 | dǎo wèi | inversion | |
| 倒爺 | 倒爷 | dǎo yé | (n) profiteer; one who buys low and sell high |
| 倒置 | dǎo zhì | invert | |
| 倒 | dào | upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted | |
| 倒抽一口氣 | 倒抽一口气 | dào chōu yī kǒu qì | (v) gasp in surprise |
| 倒數 | 倒数 | dào shù | multiplicative inverse |
| 倒退 | dào tuì | (v) fall back; go in reverse | |
| 顛倒 | 颠倒 | diān dǎo | (v) confused; get backwards; reverse; (adj) crazy; deranged |
| 顛倒過來 | 颠倒过来 | diān dǎo guò lái | invert |
| 東倒西歪 | 东倒西歪 | dōng dǎo xī wāi | (v) sway |
| 反倒 | fǎn dào | (adv) but on the contrary; but instead of as expected | |
| 滑倒 | huā dǎo | slip | |
| 擊倒 | 击倒 | jí dǎo | (v) hit, knock down |
| 排山倒海 | pái shān dǎo hǎi | earth-shaking; of spectacular significance | |
| 傾倒 | 倾倒 | qīng dào | pour; empty out |
| 摔倒 | shuāi dǎo | (v) fall down, over | |
| 投機倒把 | 投机倒把 | tóu jī dǎo bǎ | (saying) to buy and sell on speculation |
| 推倒 | tuī dǎo | (vt) topple | |
| 嚇倒 | 吓倒 | xià dǎo | to be frightened |
| 壓倒 | 压倒 | yā dǎo | overwhelming; overpower |
| 壓倒性 | 压倒性 | yā dào xìng | overwhelming |
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