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倒是 (dào shì): Meaning, Examples & Usage

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倒是

倒是 (dào shì): Contrary to what one might expect (Adverb) — Meaning & Stroke Order

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Character Breakdown

倒是 consists of 2 characters.

to pour; to reverse; on the contrary

Word Info

Pinyindào shì

Meaningcontrary to what one might expect

Characters2

HSK 2.0—

HSK 3.0Level 6

SyntaxAdverb

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More HSK vocabulary that shares characters with 倒是.

Words with 倒

倒霉dǎo méiHSK 5
摔倒shuāi dǎoHSK 5
倒车dǎo chēHSK 6
倒闭dǎo bìHSK 6
颠倒diān dǎoHSK 6
倒塌dǎo tāHSK 7-9
倒数dào shǔHSK 7-9
倒退dào tuìHSK 7-9

Words with 是

但是dàn shìHSK 2
只是zhǐ shìHSK 3
总是zǒng shìHSK 3
还是hái shìHSK 3
于是yú shìHSK 4
可是kě shìHSK 4
就是jiù shìHSK 4
是否

shì fǒu

HSK 4

3.

Example Sentences with 倒是

tā他

píng平

shí时

hěn很

ān安

jìng静

，

jīn今

tiān天

dào倒

shì是

shuō说

le了

bù不

shǎo少

huà话

。

He is usually very quiet, but today, contrary to expectations, he said quite a lot.

rú如

guǒ果

nǐ你

yàn厌

juàn倦

le了

xuān喧

áo嚣

，

zhè这

lǐ里

dǎo倒

shì是

gè个

qīng清

jìng净

de的

qù去

chù处

。

If you're tired of the noise, this is actually a quiet place to go.