摔倒 vs 摔到 or 摔到了

[Luobot]

( 1 ) 摔倒 Shuāidǎo

( 2 ) 摔到 Shuāi dào ( or with the seemingly obligatory 了) 摔到了 Shuāi dàole

Both are defined as “to fall” and the characters ( 倒 / 到 ) are close enough to have confused me for a while into thinking they were the same, until just now, when I realized there was a tone difference (dao3 vs. dao4) and looked more closely.

So, does anyone know if there's a difference in usage between these two terms or are they interchangeable in sentences?

[monto]

( 1 ) 摔倒 Shuāidǎo: to fall down, lying after 摔.

我看到有人跑过去把摔倒的老人扶了起来。

( 2 ) 摔到 Shuāi dào ( or with the seemingly obligatory 了) 摔到了 Shuāi dàole

a> 摔到(摔到了) = 摔着（摔着了）to be made to fall

John slipped in night. Jack （in concern）: 你摔到了吗？John: 差一点。没摔到。

b> 摔到 to throw something onto.....

他把杯子摔到（了）地上

[semantic nuance]

Hmmm, I'll try to explain but mind you this is totally out of my instinct instead of any grammatical rules. My understanding is that:

You can take 摔 alone kind of like transitive verb. For exmaple: 我摔了一跤. 摔倒 , kind of like phrasal verb (倒 like off). As for 摔到..., you may take 到 once again as an preposition to indicate where and what you fall on(i.e. on the ground, on knees, etc.)

我摔倒了. I fell off.

我摔倒在地上了. I fell off on the ground.

我摔到地上去了. I fell off on the ground.

我摔到膝蓋了. I fell off and hurt my knees.

Hope it helps!

[foryou1437]

摔倒 vs 摔到 or 摔到了 Remember the rule just a subject and a singel verb cannt make a sentene in China

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The three phrases all contain "fall/tumble" respectively. 倒 means "a status, over" , 到 means" to affect", 了 means" already"

The first 摔倒 will be followed with a Where to complete a full sentence , such as ,摔倒 on the ground. 我摔倒在地上。I fall myeself on the ground

the third 摔到了 = 摔倒， but needs no any more following word . 了 here equal to already. 我摔倒了。I fall myself .

The second 摔到 contain two part, 摔 and 到. 到 means "to afftect". So 摔到 = fall and afftect , here = fall and hurt . 我摔到膝盖。I fall and hurt my knees.

[Luobot]

Thanks, everyone, for the explanations.