顛倒
Chinese
| inverted; jolt; top | upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt | ||
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| trad. (顛倒) | 顛 | 倒 | |
| simp. (颠倒) | 颠 | 倒 | |
| alternative forms | 顛踱／颠踱 (thian-tho̍h) | ||
Pronunciation 1
Verb
顛倒
- (literal) to turn upside-down; to reverse; to be topsy-turvy
- 東方未晞，顛倒裳衣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Dōngfāng wèi xī, diāndǎo chángyī. [Pinyin]
- Before there was a streak of dawn in the east,
I was putting on my clothes upside down.
东方未晞，颠倒裳衣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (figurative) to be confused; to be deranged; to go crazy; to be chaotic; to be disorderly; to fool around; to behave irrationally or frivolously
- (literary) to be overthrown; to be overturned
- 訊予不顧，顛倒思予。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Xùn yǔ bùgù, diāndǎo sī yǔ. [Pinyin]
- I admonish him, but he will not regard me;
When he is overthrown, he will think of me.
讯予不顾，颠倒思予。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]
Derived terms
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
Conjunction
顛倒
- (literary or Taiwanese Hakka, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) instead; on the contrary
- (literary) only
References
- “Entry #12966”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
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| 顛 | 倒 |
| てん Hyōgaiji |
とう Grade: S |
| on’yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 顚倒 (kyūjitai) |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 顛倒 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 顛倒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |
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