颠倒

顛倒
diān dǎo
HSK 6
to turn upside-down, to reverse
verb

Example Sentences

他把整个房间颠倒了。
tā bǎ zhěnggè fángjiān diāndǎo le 。
He turned the entire room upside down.
这道题我搞颠倒了，应该是那样做。
zhè dào tí wǒ gǎo diāndǎo le ， yīnggāi shì nàyàng zuò 。
I got this question reversed; it should be done that way.
她的想法完全颠倒了，令人难以理解。
tāde xiǎngfǎ wánquán diāndǎo le ， lìngrén nányǐ lǐjiě 。
Her thinking is completely confused, making it hard to understand.

Individual Characters

颠diān
top (of the head), apex
倒dǎo
inverted

Words with similar meanings

翻转fānzhuǎn
to flip
翻转 is more often used in a physical context where something is flipped over.
倒置dàozhì
to invert
倒置 has a more technical or formal connotation, often used in specific contexts like mathematics.

Words Starting With 颠

颠簸diān bǒ
to shake; to jolt; to bump

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