反顧

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	look after; take into consideration; to attend to
trad. (反顧)		反	顧
simp. (反顾)		反	顾

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎngù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² gu³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎngù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎngù
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-ku⁴
    • Yale: fǎn-gù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanguh
    • Palladius: фаньгу (fanʹgu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² gu³
    • Yale: fáan gu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² gu³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² gu³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ kuː³³/

Verb

反顧

1. (literary) to look back
2. (literary) to hesitate
3. (literary) to back out; to go back on one's words

Synonyms

• (to hesitate):

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• 彳亍 (chìchù) (literary, figurative)
• 彷徨 (pánghuáng) (figurative)
• 徘徊 (figurative)
• 拿不定主意 (nábùdìng zhǔyì)
• 游移 (yóuyí)
• 猶疑 / 犹疑 (yóuyí)
• 猶豫 / 犹豫 (yóuyù)
• 疑蟯 / 疑蛲 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
• 盤桓 / 盘桓 (pánhuán) (figurative)
• 膩 / 腻 (nyi⁴) (Sichuanese)
• 踟躇 (chíchú)
• 踟躕 / 踟蹰 (chíchú)
• 躊躇 / 踌躇 (chóuchú)
• 巡巡 (xúnxún) (literary)
• 逡巡 (qūnxún) (literary)
• 遲疑 / 迟疑 (chíyí)

Derived terms

• 不反顧 / 不反顾
• 義不反顧 / 义不反顾
• 義無反顧 / 义无反顾 (yìwúfǎngù)
• 議不反顧 / 议不反顾