倒入 (dào rù) — to pour into, to dump into | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A verb meaning 'pour into' or 'dump into' — it combines 倒 ('pour') with 入 ('into'), so it always takes a destination (杯子、锅里).

verb

to pour intoto dump into

Examples

倒入。
Qǐng bǎ shuǐ dào rù zhè ge bēi zi lǐ.
Please pour the water into this cup.
倒入，。
Tā bǎ mǐ dào rù guō lǐ, kāi shǐ zhǔ fàn.
He poured the rice into the pot and started cooking.
倒入。
Gōng rén bǎ shā zi dào rù jiǎo bàn jī zhōng.
The worker dumped the sand into the mixer.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

补充bǔchōngVerb + complement

An action followed by its result or direction.

倒 means pour and 入 adds into, so the action is pouring into something.

Characters in this word

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

亻到倒

Meaning part形符xíngfú

亻Written in full as人rén

Sound part声符shēngfú

到

到dào倒dào

Same sound today

倒 combines 亻 (person) with 到, which gives the sound.

An abstract idea shown by a mark or a diagram rather than by a picture of an object.

入 is drawn as an arrowhead, indicating 'to enter'.

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