# 倒闭 (dǎobì)

In Mandarin Chinese, 倒闭 (dǎobì) means “to go bankrupt; to close down”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to go bankrupt; to close down
- Pinyin: dǎobì (dao3 bi4)
- Traditional: 倒閉
- HSK 3.0 · Level 4
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 那家书店上个月倒闭了。
  Nà jiā shūdiàn shàng gè yuè dǎobì le.
  That bookstore went out of business last month.

## Characters

- [倒](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-actually-however/) (dào): (adv.) actually, however; to pour
- [闭](https://hanziro.com/word/bi-close/) (bì): to close; to shut

https://hanziro.com/word/dao-bi-go-bankrupt/

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