反水

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	water; river
trad. (反水)		反	水
simp. #(反水)		反	水

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnshuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² seoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnshuǐ [Phonetic: fánshuǐ]
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnshuěi
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-shui³
    • Yale: fǎn-shwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanshoei
    • Palladius: фаньшуй (fanʹšuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻³⁵ ʂu̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² seoi²
    • Yale: fáan séui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² soey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² sêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ sɵy̯³⁵/

Verb

反水

1. (dialectal) to turn traitor; to defect
2. (dialectal) to stage an uprising; to revolt

Synonyms

• (to stage an uprising):

• 亂逆／乱逆 (luànnì) (literary)
• 兵變／兵变 (bīngbiàn) (to mutiny)
• 動亂／动乱 (dòngluàn)
• 反亂／反乱 (fǎnluàn)
• 反叛 (fǎnpàn)
• 反天 (fǎntiān) (literary)
• 反抗 (fǎnkàng)
• 叛亂／叛乱 (pànluàn)
• 叛變／叛变 (pànbiàn)
• 嘩變／哗变 (huábiàn) (to mutiny)
• 悖亂／悖乱 (bèiluàn) (literary)
• 暴亂／暴乱 (bàoluàn)
• 暴動／暴动 (bàodòng)
• 暴獄／暴狱 (bàoyù) (of prisoners)
• 發難／发难 (fānàn)
• 舉事／举事 (jǔshì) (literary, euphemism)
• 舉義／举义 (jǔyì) (literary)
• 起事 (qǐshì)
• 起兵 (qǐbīng)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)
• 起義／起义 (qǐyì)
• 逆亂／逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)
• 首義／首义 (shǒuyì) (literary, to be the first to stage an uprising)