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颠倒 (diān dǎo) — Chinese word meaning

HSK 7

颠倒 (diān dǎo) is a Chinese word: to reverse, to invert, to turn upside down, to confuse. This page shows its pinyin, translation, example sentences, character breakdown, decomposition, and HSK level.

Meaning of 颠倒

动 dòng verb

to reverse, to invert, to turn upside down, to confuse

他把因果关系颠倒了。

tā bǎ yīn guǒ guān xì diān dǎo le

He reversed cause and effect.

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Word breakdown

颠 diān — top, summit (contributes the sense of overturning from top to bottom)

倒 dǎo — to fall, to reverse (contributes the sense of inversion and falling over)

Structure & writing
1 颠 diān — top of something tall and upright
颠 is a component in 1 characters

consists of

1.1 真 zhēn — real; genuine (corresponding to objective facts)
真 is a component in 4 characters

Stroke order

2 倒 dǎo — to fall down; to topple over
Xpinyin

倒 is not used as a component in any other character.

consists of

2.1 亻 rén — person/human radical (standing figure)
亻 is a component in 117 characters
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2.2 到 dào — to arrive; to reach
到 is a component in 1 characters

Stroke order