顛倒 (din1 dou2) — to turn upside down; to invert; to reve… in Cantonese

dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒

简颠倒

Mandarin Pinyin: dian1 dao3

Meaning of 顛倒

nounto turn upside down; to invert; to reverse; to overthrow; to upset; to transpose; to confound

nounconfused; disturbed; disordered | [粵]: 倒掟頭, 倒掟, 顛倒

keoiˏ₅佢gongˊ²講jeˏ₅嘢dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒hakˉ¹黑baakˍ₆白

He talks nonsense and twists the truth.

neiˏ₅你mˎ₄唔houˊ²好dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒hakˉ¹黑baakˍ₆白

Don't twist the truth.

keoiˏ₅佢deiˍ₆哋dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒hakˉ¹黑baakˍ₆白

They are distorting facts.

mˎ₄唔houˊ²好dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒hakˉ¹黑baakˍ₆白laaˉ¹啦

Don't twist things around!

zanˉ¹真soengˍ₆相haiˍ₆係dim2,點，mˎ₄唔houˊ²好dinˉ¹顛douˊ²倒hakˉ¹黑baakˍ₆白

What's the truth? Don't twist it.

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