倒豎蔥

Chinese

		to stand up on end	scallion; green onion
trad. (倒豎蔥/倒豎葱)		倒豎	蔥/葱
simp. (倒竖葱)		倒竖	葱
alternative forms		倒樹蔥／倒树葱

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² syu⁶ cung¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² syu⁶ cung¹
    • Yale: dóu syuh chūng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² sy⁶ tsung¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² xu⁶ cung¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ syː²² t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/

Verb

倒豎蔥

1. (Cantonese) to stand upside down; to do a handstand

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 倒立 (“to do a handstand; to stand upside down”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		倒立, 拿大頂, 拿頂
Northeastern Mandarin	Taiwan	倒立
Cantonese	Guangzhou	倒豎蔥, 倒掟頭
	Hong Kong	倒豎蔥, 倒立
Hakka	Meixian	𤊶翻企, 𤊶倒企, 縱直竹
Southern Min	Xiamen	徛飛魚, 倒栽
	Quanzhou	徛飛魚
	Zhangzhou	徛騰
	Tainan	倒栽, 倒頭徛
	Shantou	顛倒徛, 顛倒頭
Wu	Shanghai	丁倒立, 豎蜻蜓, 豎煙囪
	Shanghai (Jiading)	頂倒裡立, 豎蜻蜓, 頂倒爬