反覆無常

Chinese

		to go back and forth; to be changeable; to be full of changes	changeable; variable; sporadic changeable; variable; sporadic; irregular; inconsistent
trad. (反覆無常)		反覆	無常
simp. (反复无常*)		反复	无常
alternative forms		反復無常／反复无常

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnfùwúcháng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄔㄤˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² fuk¹ mou⁴ soeng⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnfùwúcháng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄈㄨˋ ㄨˊ ㄔㄤˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnfùwúcháng
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-fu⁴-wu²-chʻang²
    • Yale: fǎn-fù-wú-cháng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanfuhwucharng
    • Palladius: фаньфуучан (fanʹfuučan)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ fu⁵¹ u³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɑŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² fuk¹ mou⁴ soeng⁴
    • Yale: fáan fūk mòuh sèuhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² fuk⁷ mou⁴ soeng⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² fug¹ mou⁴ sêng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ fʊk̚⁵ mou̯²¹ sœːŋ²¹/

Idiom

反覆無常

1. to be capricious; to be erratic; to be fickle

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 反起反倒