颠倒

颠倒 diāndǎo

Inverts (reversed)

颠倒 in a sentence HSK 6 繁體顛倒 diandao

What 颠倒 means

Inverts (reversed)

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Character by character

颠倒 is written with 2 characters. Chinese words are usually easier to remember once you can see what each part contributes.

颠

diān

Jolts

倒

dǎo

Turn over (pour)

Words that share a character with 颠倒

How to write 颠倒

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颠倒 in a sentence

这两个字的顺序颠倒了。

Zhè liǎng ge zì de shùnxù diāndǎo le.

The order of these two characters has been reversed.

他把黑白颠倒，说得好像自己没错。

Tā bǎ hēi bái diāndǎo, shuō de hǎoxiàng zìjǐ méi cuò.

He turned black into white and made it sound as if he were blameless.

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Questions about 颠倒

What does 颠倒 mean in English?

颠倒 is pronounced diāndǎo and means Inverts (reversed).

How do you pronounce 颠倒?

颠倒 is diāndǎo in pinyin — written diandao without tone marks. Press the audio button on this page to hear it spoken by a native voice.

What are the characters in 颠倒?

颠倒 is written with 2 characters: 颠 (diān) Jolts, 倒 (dǎo) Turn over (pour). Knowing the parts is usually how the whole word becomes memorable.

How is 颠倒 written in traditional Chinese?

顛倒. The simplified form 颠倒 is used in mainland China and Singapore; 顛倒 is used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau. Both are pronounced diāndǎo.

Is 颠倒 an HSK word?

Yes — 颠倒 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list. You can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.

Studied around the same time

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