Chinese word dictionary

倒闭

dǎobì · to go bankrupt; to close down

Practice word

Word information

Simplified倒闭

Traditional倒閉

Pinyindǎobì

Part of speech动

HSK 3.06

HSK 2.06

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

闭bì

to shut, to close; to obstruct, to block

How to learn 倒闭

Listen once without reading, repeat the pinyin with its tones, then write every character in sequence. Finally, recall the complete meaning instead of memorizing each character as an isolated translation.

When the word appears in a sentence, check whether its part of speech and meaning match the definition shown here. Chinese words can change nuance with context.

Related vocabulary

Words with the same characters

Compare how a familiar Hanzi changes meaning inside another word.

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

闭幕式bìmùshì

closing ceremony

关闭guānbì

to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down

闭bì

to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct

倒车dǎochē

to change buses, trains etc

倒是dàoshì

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