倒福

Chinese

		upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt	good fortune; happiness; luck good fortune; happiness; luck; Fujian province (abbrev.); surname
simp. and trad. (倒福)		倒	福

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàofú

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ fuk¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàofú
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄈㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàofú
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-fu²
    • Yale: dàu-fú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawfwu
    • Palladius: даофу (daofu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ fu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ fuk¹
    • Yale: dou fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ fʊk̚⁵/

Noun

倒福

1. upside-down 福 (fú) character within a diamond, a traditional Chinese New Year decoration

Usage notes

In Chinese tradition, the upside-down 福 represents good fortune descending upon the home.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倒	福
とう Grade: S	ふく Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
倒福 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to̞ːɸɯ̟kɯ̟]

Noun

倒(とう)福(ふく) • (tōfuku) ^{←たうふく (taufuku)?}

1. upside-down 福 character within a diamond, a traditional Chinese New Year decoration