粵

倒dou2塌taap3

dou2 taap3dǎo tā

English

  1. to collapse (of building)
  2. to topple over
  3. to collapse; to cave in

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 建築物冧咗

Examples

  • 桥在重压之下倒塌了。

    The bridge crashed under the pressure.

    Tatoeba · Ben26 CC BY

  • 开罗的一栋大楼倒塌了。

    A building collapsed in Cairo.

    Tatoeba · slo_oth CC BY

  • 若有大地震,房屋会倒塌呀!

    If there's a big earthquake, the house could really collapse!

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 里约热内卢的一条自行车道倒塌了。

    A bike path collapsed in Rio.

    Tatoeba · Jubilee11 CC BY

  • 里约热内卢的一条海边的高架自行车道倒塌了。

    An elevated seaside bike path collapsed in Rio.

    Tatoeba · Jubilee11 CC BY

  • 当里约热内卢的一条高架自行车道倒塌时,有2人被砸死了。

    Two persons were killed when an elevated bike path collapsed in Rio.

    Tatoeba · Jubilee11 CC BY

  • 琴日有一個棚架倒塌,造成一死十六傷。

    A victim died and 16 were injured because of the collapse of scaffolding yesterday.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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