drencrom Posted November 4, 2012 at 09:44 AM Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 at 09:44 AM How the heck do you say upside-down? As in, "Your Chinese character tattoo looks OK, but it is upside-down." I've got 反了& 颠倒 but neither of them seem to describe the concept I want to convey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liuzhou Posted November 4, 2012 at 10:20 AM Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 at 10:20 AM 颠到地 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted November 4, 2012 at 10:51 AM Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 at 10:51 AM Consider 上下倒轉(了) or 上下顛倒(了). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smurese Posted November 9, 2012 at 02:09 PM Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 at 02:09 PM The NCIKU Examples for "upside down" are quite instructive. As suggested in the post above, "上下颠倒了" can be used, as in: "这张照片上下颠倒了. The photo is upside down." However, for the OP's physically upside down example, there are a a variety of uses of 倒 [dào], depending on (and in combination) with the verb being used: 他把地图挂倒了。He hung the map up upside down. 有的红酒需要倒装。Some red wine needs to be placed upside down. 盒子翻倒在地板上。The box was lying on the floor upside down. 飞机正在表演倒飞。The aeroplanes were flying upside down. I think they're pretty good illustrations provided by NCIKU, and it makes things clearer for the initial query (or perhaps more complicated in choosing one option!) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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