Chinese

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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
 
to install; to place; to put
simp. and trad.
(倒置)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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倒置

  1. to place upside down; to invert
  2. (grammar) to invert (the word order)

Synonyms

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  • (to place upside down): (Hokkien) 倒吊 (dàodiào)

Derived terms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
とう
Grade: S

Grade: 4
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(とう)() (tōchiたうち (tauti)?

  1. inversion, reversed placing
  2. (grammar) inversion

Synonyms

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Verb

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(とう)()する (tōchi suruたうち (tauti)?suru (stem (とう)() (tōchi shi), past (とう)()した (tōchi shita))

  1. to invert, to place reversed
  2. (grammar) to invert

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN