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Chinese
1.1
Pronunciation
1.2
Idiom
1.2.1
Synonyms
Chinese
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root
or
trunk
of a
tree
and the
branches
; the
fundamental
and the
incidental
to
place
upside down
; to
invert
; to
invert
simp.
and
trad.
(
本末倒置
)
本末
倒置
Literally:
“to invert root and branch”.
Pronunciation
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Mandarin
(
Pinyin
)
:
běnmòdàozhì
(
Zhuyin
)
:
ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ
Cantonese
(
Jyutping
)
:
bun
2
mut
6
dou
2
zi
3
Mandarin
(
Standard Chinese
)
+
Hanyu Pinyin
:
běnmòdàozhì
Zhuyin
:
ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ
Tongyong Pinyin
:
běnmòdàojhìh
Wade–Giles
:
pên
3
-mo
4
-tao
4
-chih
4
Yale
:
běn-mwò-dàu-jr̀
Gwoyeu Romatzyh
:
beenmohdawjyh
Palladius
:
бэньмодаочжи
(bɛnʹmodaočži)
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
(
Standard Cantonese
,
Guangzhou
–
Hong Kong
)
+
Jyutping
:
bun
2
mut
6
dou
2
zi
3
Yale
:
bún muht dóu ji
Cantonese Pinyin
:
bun
2
mut
9
dou
2
dzi
3
Guangdong Romanization
:
bun
2
mud
6
dou
2
ji
3
Sinological
IPA
(
key
)
:
/puːn³⁵ muːt̚² tou̯³⁵ t͡siː³³/
Idiom
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本末倒置
putting the cart before the horse
Synonyms
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本末顛倒
/
本末颠倒
(
běnmòdiāndǎo
)