背叛

Chinese

		learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened learn by heart; the back of the body; to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder	to betray; to rebel; to revolt
trad. (背叛)		背	叛
simp. #(背叛)		背	叛
alternative forms		背畔

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): bèipàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄅㄟˋ ㄆㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bui³ bun⁶

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): pōe-phoān / pōe-poān / pōe-phōaⁿ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bèipàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄟˋ ㄆㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bèipàn
    • Wade–Giles: pei⁴-pʻan⁴
    • Yale: bèi-pàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beypann
    • Palladius: бэйпань (bɛjpanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /peɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ pʰän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: bui³ bun⁶
    • Yale: bui buhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: bui³ bun⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: bui³ bun⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /puːi̯³³ puːn²²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-phoān
    • Tâi-lô: puē-phuān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poexphoan
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹⁻²² pʰuan⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-poān
    • Tâi-lô: puē-puān
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poexpoan
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /pue²²⁻²¹ puan²²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /pue³³⁻²¹ puan³³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /pue³³⁻¹¹ puan³³/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pōe-phōaⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: puē-phuānn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: poexphvoa
    • IPA (Xiamen): /pue²²⁻²¹ pʰuã²²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /pue⁴¹⁻²² pʰuã⁴¹/

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• Middle Chinese: bwojH banH

Rime
Character	背	叛
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	並 (3)	並 (3)
Final (韻)	灰 (42)	桓 (62)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	I	I
Fanqie	蒲昧切	薄半切
Baxter	bwojH	banH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/buʌiH/	/buɑnH/
Pan Wuyun	/buoiH/	/bʷɑnH/
Shao Rongfen	/buɒiH/	/buɑnH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/bwəjH/	/bwanH/
Li Rong	/buᴀiH/	/buɑnH/
Wang Li	/buɒiH/	/buɑnH/
Bernard Karlgren	/bʱuɑ̆iH/	/bʱuɑnH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	bèi	bàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	bui6	bun6

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*bɯːɡs  baːns/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	背
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bèi
Middle Chinese	‹ bwojH ›
Old Chinese	/*m-pˁək-s/
English	turn the back on
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	背	叛
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	409	260
Phonetic component	北	半
Rime group	代	元
Rime subdivision	0	1
Corresponding MC rime	佩	叛
Old Chinese	/*bɯːɡs/	/*baːns/

Verb

背叛

1. to betray

   背叛朝廷  ―  bèipàn cháotíng  ―  to betray the royal court

Synonyms

• 出賣／出卖 (chūmài)
• 反逆 (fǎnnì)
• 叛逆 (pànnì)
• 變節／变节 (biànjié)
• 貳／贰 (èr) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Korean

Hanja in this term
背	叛

Noun

背叛 • (baeban) (hangeul 배반)

1. Hanja form^? of 배반 (“betrayal, treachery, treason”).