diān dǎo

Traditional: 顛倒

HSK 7–9

颠倒 (diān dǎo) is a Chinese word meaning “to turn upside down; to reverse; back to front”.

Meanings

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

Characters in 颠倒

颠diān · top (of the head)倒dǎo · to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally

Related words

倒to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally倒to invert; to place upside down or frontside back倒霉to have bad luck倒数to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)倒数inverse number倒下to collapse摔倒to fall down倒是contrary to what one might expect打倒to overthrow击倒to knock down晕倒to faint跌倒to tumble

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