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翻船

翻船

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	a boat; vessel; ship
simp. and trad. (翻船)		翻	船

Verb

翻船

to capsize; to shipwreck
to fail to do something
to have a setback

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fānchuán

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢㄔㄨㄢˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ syun⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)
  - Pinyin: fānchuán
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄔㄨㄢˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanchwan
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠n⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯a̠n³⁵/
  - Homophones:
    
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    帆船
    翻船
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan¹ syun⁴
  - Yale: fāan syùhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ syn⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːn⁵⁵ ɕyːn²¹/