転てん倒とう

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転倒する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

fall; tumble; topple over

Physical falling or toppling, typically of a person or object losing balance and going down. Intransitive.

Related words

倒たおれるN4sense 1
倒れる is the common, general verb for falling or collapsing, while 転倒 is a more formal noun/verb emphasizing tumbling or toppling over.
逆ぎゃく転てんN2sense 2
逆転 describes a reversal or turnaround, often in competitions or fortunes, while 転倒 refers more broadly to an inversion of order, logic, or position.
横おう転てん
転倒 is the general term for falling or overturning in any direction, while 横転 specifically describes toppling or rolling sideways.

Don't confuse with

転てん落らくN1sense 1
転倒 means to lose balance and fall over on the spot, while 転落 means to fall or tumble down from a height or to a lower state.
伝でん統とうN3
転倒 (てんとう) sounds similar to 伝統 (でんとう) but means 'falling over,' while 伝統 means 'tradition.'
転てんじるN2
転倒する means 'to fall over' or 'to be reversed', while 転じる means 'to turn or change into something else'; learners can mix them up because both start with 転.

Word family

本ほん末まつ転てん倒とう
putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting priorities backwards
主しゅ客かく転てん倒とう
reversing the order of importance; putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end
冠かん履り転てん倒とう
disorder; chaos; inversion of the natural order