Chinese word dictionary

倒仓

dǎo cāng · to transfer grain from a store (e.g. to sun it); voice breaking (of male opera singer in puberty)

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Word information

Simplified倒仓

Traditional倒倉

Pinyindǎo cāng

Part of speechDictionary

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Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

倒dào

to collapse, to fall over; to lie down

仓cāng

granary, barn; cabin, berth

How to learn 倒仓

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Words with the same characters

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倒dào

to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out; to tip out; to dump; inverted; upside down; reversed; to go backward; contrary to what one might expect; but; yet

仓库cāngkù

depot; storehouse; warehouse

倒闭dǎobì

to go bankrupt; to close down

倒车dǎochē

to change buses, trains etc

倒是dàoshì

contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you

仓促cāngcù

all of a sudden; hurriedly