倒dou2閉bai3

English

1. to go bankrupt
2. to go out of business; to close down
3. to close down

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 因為經營困難而結束營業

Examples

• 全線倒閉

  all stores (of a retail chain) close down

• 工廠倒閉，有好多工人失業。

  The factory closed down, so many of the workers lost their jobs.

• 许多小公司倒闭了。

  Many small companies went bankrupt.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 公司很快就要倒闭了。

  The company's going to go bankrupt really soon.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 公司由于缺乏资本倒闭了。

  The firm went under due to lack of capital.

  Tatoeba · fucongcong CC BY

• 公司倒閉了。我們遣散了所有員工。

  The company went bankrupt. We laid off all of the employees.

  Tatoeba · LeviHighway CC BY