Chinese symbol for “handstand”
倒立
dào lì
a handstand; to turn upside down; to stand on one's head; upside down
The closest CC-CEDICT match for handstand is 倒立 (dào lì), defined as: a handstand; to turn upside down; to stand on one's head; upside down.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “handstand”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 倒立.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 打倒 | dǎ dǎo | to overthrow; to knock down |
| 倒闭 (倒閉) | dǎo bì | to go bankrupt; to close down |
| 倒霉 | dǎo méi | to have bad luck; to be out of luck |
| 倒退 | dào tuì | to fall back; to go in reverse |
| 倒数 (倒數) | dào shǔ | to count backwards (from 10 down to 0); to count down |
| 建立 | jiàn lì | to establish; to set up |
| 成立 | chéng lì | to establish; to set up |
| 独立 (獨立) | dú lì | independent; independence |
See also: Japanese symbol for “handstand”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.