倒dou3轉zyun3

English

1. to make an about-turn; to reverse one's direction, policy, sequence etc; to turn things on their head
2. (of time, or a video clip etc) to run in reverse
3. to turn upside down; to invert; to reverse
4. Taiwan pr. [dao4zhuan3]

粵語 — Cantonese

1. 上下或者次序錯咗、顛倒咗

Examples

• 個次序好似倒轉咗。

  It seems that the order is reversed.

• 我將幅畫倒轉咗嚟擺。

  I've turned the painting upside down.

• 你右邊襪子倒轉穿了。

  You have your right sock on wrong side out.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 他實在有點不能相信，堂堂一個大畫家的傑作，居然會被上下倒轉地掛在牆上。

  He was surprised to find the great artist's masterpiece hung on the wall upside down.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 「這些字母全都左右倒轉了！」「才不是呢，這是俄文，俄文的字母就是這樣寫的。」

  "Those letters are all the wrong way around!" "No, it's supposed to be like that, it's Russian."

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

• 第十一頁的地圖看起來十分奇怪。可是，把它上下倒轉來看的話，就會變回你所熟悉的地圖了。

  The map on page 11 looks very strange. Turn it upside down. Then it becomes a familiar map to you.

  Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY