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反悔

反悔

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	regret
simp. and trad. (反悔)		反	悔

Verb

反悔

to regret saying or doing something, but still unwilling to acknowledge the mistake

Related terms

後悔／后悔 (hòuhuǐ)

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): fǎnhuǐ

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄟˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² fui³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán-fí
Min Nan (POJ): hoán-hóe

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: fǎnhuǐ
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄏㄨㄟˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanhoei
  - IPA ^(key): /fa̠n²¹⁴⁻³⁵ xu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan² fui³
  - Yale: fáan fui
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan² fui³
  - IPA ^(key): /fɑːn³⁵ fuːi̯³³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán-fí
  - Hakka Romanization System: fan` fi`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fan³ fi³
  - IPA: /fan³¹ fi³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-hóe
  - Tâi-lô: huán-hué
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnhoea
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ hue⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ hue⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ hue⁴¹/