倒贴 Pronunciation and Pinyin
倒贴 Usage and Examples
to pay someone instead of being paid by them
to offer oneself (in a relationship) and bear the costs
This is one man I'd gladly help support by PAYING HIM to stop writing.
Therefore, putting the "Fu" character up side down is used as a metaphor, showing the arrival of promising spring and auspicious prosperity.
The characters in 倒贴
Stroke OrderMore words starting with 倒
- dǎo倒sān三diān颠sì四de的confused, disorderly
- dǎo倒xià下fall down, collapse
- dǎo倒xià下lai来fall down, topple over
- dǎo倒xià下de的fallen, collapsed
- dǎo倒le了Fell, Collapsed
- dǎo倒cāng仓warehouse transfer, stock rotation
- dǎo倒fú伏lodging, falling over
- dào倒rù入pour into, empty into
- dào倒rù入le了poured into, was poured into
- dào倒chū出pour out, tip out
- dào倒chū出lái来pour out, spill out
- dào倒cì刺hangnail, agnail
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Open the tool →Questions about 倒贴
What does 倒贴 mean in Chinese?
倒贴 (dào tiē) means “to pay someone instead of being paid by them, to offer oneself (in a relationship) and bear the costs”.
How do you pronounce 倒贴?
倒贴 is pronounced dào tiē in Mandarin Chinese.
How do you say “to pay someone instead of being paid by them” in Chinese?
“to pay someone instead of being paid by them” is 倒贴 (dào tiē) in Chinese.
How is 倒贴 used in a sentence?
This page has 2 example sentences using 倒贴, each with pinyin and an English translation.