顛倒 [颠－]

Jyutping din1 dou2
Pinyin diān dǎo

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to turn upside down
  2. to reverse
  3. back to front
  4. confused
  5. deranged
  6. crazy
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    將​事物​嘅​順​序​或者​對錯​倒轉
    to turn upside down; to topple
    • 顛倒是非
      颠倒是非
      din1 dou2 si6 fei1
      to swear black is white
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. verb
    to turn upside-down; to reverse
  2. verb, literary
    to be overthrown; to be overturned
  3. verb
    to be confused; to be deranged; to go crazy
  4. conj, literary
    only
  5. conj, Taiwanese-Hokkien, Teochew, Xiamen
    instead; on the contrary
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 七一九级词汇表 #845
Examples (Tatoeba—Mandarin-English)
  1. Mandarin
    她被他迷得神魂颠倒。
    她被他迷得神魂顛倒。
    tā bèi tā mí dé shén hún diān dǎo 。
    • She's completely crazy about him.
  2. Mandarin
    高岛平时虽然一副很帅气的样子，但是在他女友面前却是一副神魂颠倒的样子。
    高島平時雖然一副很帥氣的樣子，但是在他女友面前卻是一副神魂顛倒的樣子。
    gāo dǎo píng shí suī rán yī fù hěn shuài qi de yàng zi ， dàn shì zài tā nǚ yǒu miàn qián què shì yī fù shén hún diān dǎo de yàng zi 。
    • Gao Dao is usually really suave, but he seems completely smitten in front of his girlfriend.
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    颠倒是非
    顛倒是非
    din1 dou2 si6 fei1
    • to swear black is white
    • reversal of right and wrong
  2. Cantonese
    佢为咗钱，喺专栏上颠倒是非黑白，正一文妓！
    佢為咗錢，喺專欄上顛倒是非黑白，正一文妓！
    keoi5 wai6 zo2 cin2, hai2 zyun1 laan4 soeng6 din1 dou2 si6 fei1 haak1 baak6, zing3 jat1 man4 gei6!
    • He turns the truth upside down in his column just for money. Such a money-grubbing columnist!
  3. Cantonese
    日夜颠倒
    日夜顛倒
    • without regard to day or night
  4. Cantonese
    颠倒是非黑白
    顛倒是非黑白
    din1 dou2 si6 fei1 haak1 baak6
    • to distort the facts
  5. Cantonese
    呢个女仔生得好靓，佢嘅样貌能够令人颠倒众生。
    呢個女仔生得好靚，佢嘅樣貌能夠令人顛倒眾生。
    • She is a real knockout. Her appearance can enchant others.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    哲学史上有所谓“唯理论”一派，就是只承认理性的实在性，不承认经验的实在性，以为只有理性靠得住，而感觉的经验是靠不住的，这一派的错误在于颠倒了事实。
    哲學史上有所謂“唯理論”一派，就是隻承認理性的實在性，不承認經驗的實在性，以為只有理性靠得住，而感覺的經驗是靠不住的，這一派的錯誤在於顛倒了事實。
    zhé xué shǐ shàng yǒu suǒ wèi “ wéi lǐ lùn ” yī pài ， jiù shì zhǐ chéng rèn lǐ xìng de shí zài xìng ， bù chéng rèn jīng yàn de shí zài xìng ， yǐ wéi zhǐ yǒu lǐ xìng kào de zhù ， ér gǎn jué de jīng yàn shì kào bu zhù de ， zhè yī pài de cuò wù zài yú diān dǎo le shì shí ．
    • In the history of philosophy there is the “rationalist” school that admits the reality only of reason and not of experience, believing that reason alone is reliable while perceptual experience is not; this school errs by turning things upside down.