颠
倒

To turn upside down in Chinese: 颠倒 (diān dǎo)

diān dǎo

to turn upside down

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 顛倒1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1to turn upside down
  2. 2to reverse
  3. 3back to front
  4. 4confused
  5. 5deranged
  6. 6crazy

Stroke order

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颠
倒

Zhuyin

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ㄉㄧㄢ

diān

ㄉ/ dㄧ/ iㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄉㄠˇ

dǎo

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˇ/ third tone

Simplified & traditional

颠倒

Simplified

顛倒

Traditional

Example sentences

See 颠倒 used in real sentences with pinyin and English translations.

  • 他把这两个字的顺序颠倒了。

    tā bǎ zhè liǎng gè zì de shùn xù diān dǎo le。

    He reversed the order of these two characters.

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Related words

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dǎo

to fall

倒霉

dǎo méi

to have bad luck

倒闭

dǎo bì

to go bankrupt

倒车

dǎo chē

to change buses, trains etc

倒是

dào shi

contrary to what one might expect

摔倒

shuāi dǎo

to fall down

打倒

dǎ dǎo

to overthrow

倒卖

dǎo mài

to resell at a profit

倒数

dào shǔ

to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)

倒塌

dǎo tā

to collapse (of building)

倒下

dǎo xià

to collapse

颠覆

diān fù

to topple (i.e. knock over)

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