顛倒
diān​dǎo HSK7

to invert

颠倒 顛倒 diān​dǎo
to invert verb
To turn upside down, reverse, or flip the original order or position of things; to put something back to front.

这里一切都被颠倒了。

zhè​lǐ yī​qiè dōu bèi diān​dǎo le.

Everything here has been turned upside down.

鸡在上下颠倒的时候不能吞咽。

jī zài shàng​xià diān​dǎo de shí​hou bù​néng tūn​yàn.

Chickens can't swallow while they are upside down.

confused
To be in a state of disorder, mental confusion, or infatuation; to be muddled or deranged
on the contrary
Instead; on the contrary; against expectations
to collapse
To be destroyed or ruined; to collapse or overturn
only
Only; merely

Frequency
Movie subtitles
5.99 per million appears in 3% of films
Written text
3.98 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 7

Cross-References

Antonym

Sources
Frequency data
SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)