Chinese

倒是

/tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʂɻ̩⁵¹/
on the contrary; actually
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 5

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  • characterChinese倒 “to fall; to fall over; to fall down”
    • meaningChinese人 “man; person; people (Classifier: 個／个 m c; 隻／只 h)”
    • soundChinese到 “to arrive at a destination; to reach a destination; to get to”
      • meaningChinese至 “to reach; to arrive”
      • soundChinese刀 “knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)”
  • characterChinese是 “this; this thing”

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