Verbput upside down; overthrow; transpose

Animated Stroke Order

Stroke order SVGs for the characters in 颠倒.
颠 stroke order svg
倒 stroke order svg

Practice writing 颠倒 (diān dǎo) with our free printable handwriting worksheet

How to Use 颠倒 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 颠倒 with other words naturally.
Verb + Object
shùn
diān
dǎo
neutral
reverse the order
diān
dǎo
shì
fēi
formal
confound right and wrong
Adverb + Verbwith完全
wán
quán
diān
dǎo
neutral
completely reversed
Subject + Verbwith黑白
hēi
bái
diān
dǎo
formal
confound black and white

Example Sentences with 颠倒

shū
fàng
diān
dǎo
le
He put the book upside down.
diān
dǎo
liǎo
shì
shí
shì
dǎo
gōng
zhòng
de
pàn
duàn
He deliberately turned the facts upside down, trying to mislead the public's judgment.
nán
dào
jué
de
zhè
zhǒng
shuō
wán
quán
diān
dǎo
le
yīn
guǒ
guān
ma
Don't you think this statement completely reverses the cause and effect?
zhè
ge
shì
de
qíng
jié
wán
quán
diān
dǎo
le
The plot of this story is completely reversed.
cóng
wèi
diān
dǎo
guò
shì
fēi
shǐ
zhōng
jiān
chí
de
yuán
He has never distorted right and wrong, always adhering to his principles.
zài
cōng
máng
zhōng
yào
shi
shǒu
de
wèi
zhì
nòng
diān
dǎo
le
In a hurry, I mixed up the positions of my keys and phone.
yīn
wèi
jǐn
zhāng
shì
qíng
de
shùn
shuō
diān
dǎo
le
Because he was nervous, he got the order of events mixed up.
suī
rán
huà
bèi
wài
shì
jiàn
diān
dǎo
le
dàn
men
xùn
tiáo
zhěng
le
lüè
Although the plan was overturned by unexpected events, we quickly adjusted our strategy.