反倒

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	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. (反倒)		反	倒
simp. #(反倒)		反	倒
anagram		倒反

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎndào

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄉㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² dou³
• Wu (Wugniu)
  • (Northern): ⁵fe-tau

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎndào
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄉㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎndào
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-tao⁴
    • Yale: fǎn-dàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faandaw
    • Palladius: фаньдао (fanʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² dou³
    • Yale: fáan dou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² dou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² dou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ tou̯³³/
• Wu
  • (Shanghai):
    • Wugniu: ⁵fe-tau
    • MiniDict: fe^去 tau
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²fe-tau
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fe³³ tɔ⁴⁴/

Adverb

反倒

1. on the contrary; to the contrary; instead

Synonyms

• 反之 (fǎnzhī)
• 反倒轉／反倒转 (Hokkien)
• 反而 (fǎn'ér)
• 反轉／反转 (Hokkien, Southwestern Mandarin)
• 相反 (xiāngfǎn)
• 起倒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)