# 倒 (dào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 倒 (dào) means “(adv.) actually, however; to pour”. It is part of the HSK 2 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: (adv.) actually, however; to pour
- Pinyin: dào (dao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 2
- HSK 2.0 · Level 4
- Other readings: dǎo — to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt

## Examples

- 请给我倒一杯热水。
  Qǐng gěi wǒ dào yì bēi rèshuǐ.
  Please pour me a cup of hot water.

https://hanziro.com/word/dao-actually-however/

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