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顛倒

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
trad. (顛倒)		顛	倒
simp. (颠倒)		颠	倒

Verb

顛倒

to turn upside-down; to reverse

Adjective

顛倒

upside-down; back to front
confused; deranged; crazy

Conjunction

顛倒

(Taiwanese Hakka, Xiamen and Taiwanese Min Nan) instead; on the contrary

Japanese

Kanji in this term
顛	倒
てん Hyōgaiji	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Noun

顛倒 ‎(hiragana てんとう, romaji tentō)

Alternative form of 転倒

Pronunciation

Mandarin

(Pinyin): diāndǎo

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢㄉㄠˇ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ dou²
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tiên-to / tiên-tó
Min Nan (POJ): tian-tó / tian-tò

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
  - Pinyin: diāndǎo
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢㄉㄠˇ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diandao
  - IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: din¹ dou²
  - Yale: dīn dóu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ dou²
  - IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiên-to / tiên-tó
  - Hakka Romanization System: dien´ do / dien´ do`
  - Hagfa Pinyim: dian¹ do⁴ / dian¹ do³
  - IPA: /ti̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁵⁵/, /ti̯en²⁴ to³¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian-tó
  - Tâi-lô: tian-tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diendoir
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tɤ⁵³/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn³³ tɤ⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tɤ⁵³/
- (Hokkien: mainstream Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian-tò
  - Tâi-lô: tian-tò
  - Phofsit Daibuun: diendoix
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ to¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ²¹/