dǎo
teng

common
verb

Meaning of 倒腾

倒腾 means to move things around; to shift; to turn over; to arrange; to shuffle; to manage (with limited resources). Pronounced dǎo teng.

  • to move things around; to shift; to turn over
  • to arrange; to shuffle; to manage (with limited resources)
  • to buy and sell; to trade; to deal in (often small-scale)

Definitions & Examples

cāng
de
jiù
xiāng
zi
dōu
dǎo
teng
chū
lái
shài
shài
 

He moved all the old boxes out of the warehouse to air them out.

Zhōu
zài
jiā
dǎo
teng
guì
 
shōu
shi
chū
shǎo
jiù
fu
 

I spent the weekend moving things around in my closet and sorted out a lot of old clothes.

ye
zhèng
zài
hòu
yuàn
dǎo
teng
zhòng
de
huā
 

Grandpa is busy tending to his flowers in the backyard.