颠 diān
- Strokes
- 16
- Radical
- 页 — page, sheet, leaf
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
颠倒
diāndǎo
to reverse; to invert; to confuse
Characters in this word
倒 dǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 到 to go to, to arrive
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 如果把因果关系颠倒，整篇论文的论证就会失去根基。 Rúguǒ bǎ yīnguǒ guānxì diāndǎo, zhěng piān lùnwén de lùnzhèng jiù huì shīqù gēnjī. If the cause-and-effect relationship is reversed, the argument of the entire paper will lose its foundation.
- 这幅画挂颠倒了，应该把它转过来。 Zhè fú huà guà diāndǎo le, yīnggāi bǎ tā zhuǎn guòlái. This painting is hung upside down; it should be turned around.
- 他的作息完全颠倒，白天睡觉，晚上工作。 Tā de zuòxī wánquán diāndǎo, báitiān shuìjiào, wǎnshang gōngzuò. His routine is completely upside down: he sleeps by day and works at night.
Related words
- 颠簸 diānbǒ to jolt; to bump along
- 颠倒黑白 diāndǎohēibái to invert right and wrong; to distort the truth
- 颠覆 diānfù to overturn; to subvert; to upend
- 倒 dǎo to fall over
- 倒 dào to pour
- 倒闭 dǎobì to go bankrupt
- 倒车 dǎochē to transfer vehicles
- 倒车 dàochē to reverse a car
- 倒是 dàoshì actually; on the other hand
- 摔倒 shuāidǎo to fall down
- 打倒 dǎdǎo to knock down; to overthrow
- 倒霉 dǎoméi unlucky; unfortunate