# 颠倒 (diāndǎo)

In Mandarin Chinese, 颠倒 (diāndǎo) means “to reverse; upside down”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: to reverse; upside down
- Pinyin: diāndǎo (dian1 dao3)
- Traditional: 顛倒
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9
- HSK 2.0 · Level 6

## Examples

- 不要把这两句话的顺序颠倒了。
  Búyào bǎ zhè liǎng jù huà de shùnxù diāndǎo le.
  Don't reverse the order of these two sentences.

## Characters

- 颠 (diān): top (of the head); apex
- [倒](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-actually-however/) (dào): (adv.) actually, however; to pour

https://hanziro.com/word/dian-dao-reverse/

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