翻車

Chinese edit

		flit about; translate; turn over	vehicle on land; car; machine vehicle on land; car; machine; to shape with a lathe
trad. (翻車)		翻	車
simp. (翻车)		翻	车

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Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fānchē
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄔㄜ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fanche
  - Wade–Giles: fan¹-chʻê¹
  - Yale: fān-chē
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fanche
  - Palladius: фаньчэ (fanʹčɛ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan¹ ce¹
  - Yale: fāan chē
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ tse¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ cé¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ t͡sʰɛː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: huang¹ cia¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huang tshia
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ³³⁻²³ t͡sʰia³³/

翻⫽車 (verb-object) (intransitive)

(of a car or vehicle) to flip over; to overturn
(figurative) to derail; to go south; to take a turn for the worse
不要這麼盲目自信，不然你遲早會翻車的。 [MSC, trad.]
不要这么盲目自信，不然你迟早会翻车的。 [MSC, simp.]
Bùyào zhème mángmù zìxìn, bùrán nǐ chízǎo huì fānchē de. [Pinyin]
Don't be so overconfident, or things will start to head south for you.