翻跟頭

See also: 翻跟头

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	fall; somersault
trad. (翻跟頭)		翻	跟頭
simp. (翻跟头)		翻	跟头

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fān gēntou

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢ ㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ gan¹ tau⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fān gēntou
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄍㄣ ˙ㄊㄡ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fan gento̊u
    • Wade–Giles: fan¹ kên¹-tʻou⁵
    • Yale: fān gēn-tou
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fan gen.tou
    • Palladius: фань гэньтоу (fanʹ gɛnʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ kən⁵⁵ tʰoʊ̯²/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan¹ gan¹ tau⁴
    • Yale: fāan gān tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ gan¹ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ gen¹ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ kɐn⁵⁵ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Verb

翻跟頭

1. to somersault
2. (figuratively) to suffer a failure or setback
3. (figuratively) to engage in speculation

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 翻跟頭 (“to somersault”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		翻跟頭
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	翻跟頭
	Taiwan	翻跟斗, 翻筋斗, 翻跟頭
	Harbin	翻跟頭
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	張跟頭兒, 翻跟頭兒
Jiaoliao Mandarin	Yantai (Muping)	翻跟頭兒, 吃跟頭兒
Central Plains Mandarin	Luoyang	翻跟頭, 栽跟頭, 折跟頭
	Wanrong	翻毛跟斗
	Xi'an	翻跟頭
	Xining	栽跟頭, 翻跟頭
	Xuzhou	栽跟頭, 翻跟頭
Lanyin Mandarin	Yinchuan	翻跟頭, 打跟頭
	Lanzhou	翻跟頭
	Ürümqi	翻跟頭
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	翻跟斗兒, 打跟斗兒, 栽跟斗兒, 扯倒提
	Wuhan	打跟頭, 翻跟頭
	Guiyang	翻跟斗, 打跟斗
	Liuzhou	翻跟斗, 打跟斗
Jianghuai Mandarin	Nanjing	翻跟頭, 踏跟頭
	Yangzhou	翻跟頭
	Nantong	翻跟頭
Cantonese	Guangzhou	打關斗, 打大翻
	Hong Kong	打關斗
	Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou)	打關斗
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou)	打關斗
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	打關斗
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	打關斗
	Macau	打關斗
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	打關斗
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	打間斗
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	打關斗
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	打跟斗
	Foshan	打關斗
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	打清秋
	Foshan (Shunde)	打關斗
	Foshan (Sanshui)	打關斗
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	倒轉來
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	打關斗
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	打關斗
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	打君斗
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	打千斗
	Taishan	打跟斗
	Kaiping (Chikan)	打跟斗
	Heshan (Yayao)	打關斗
	Dongguan	打跟斗
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	打跟斗
	Shaoguan	翻跟斗, 打跟斗
	Yunfu	翻跟斗
	Xinyi	翻跟斗
	Lianjiang	打關斗
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	打關斗
Gan	Nanchang	翻跟斗
	Lichuan	打痴車, 翻跟頭
	Pingxiang	打筋斗, 翻筋斗, 栽筋斗
Hakka	Meixian	打觔斗, 種觔斗
	Yudu	打筋斗, 打筋頭
	Shangyou (Shexi)	打筋斗
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	打觔斗, 種觔斗
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	打觔斗, 種觔斗
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	打觔斗, 種觔斗
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	種觔斗, 碾觔斗
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	打觔斗, 種觔斗
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	貶輪轉
	Hong Kong	打翻車
Huizhou	Jixi	翻跟斗, 打跟斗
Jin	Taiyuan	翻斤頭
	Xinzhou	打尖頭
Northern Min	Jian'ou	𢫦蹦斗
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	拍滾斗
Southern Min	Xiamen	拋捙輾斗, 拋輾斗, 拋捙輾, 捙拋輾斗, 反輾狗仔, 反狗仔
	Quanzhou	拋輾斗, 拋捙輾, 反狗仔
	Jinjiang	拋捙輾
	Zhangzhou	拋捙輾斗, 拋輾斗, 捙糞斗, 捙反輾狗仔, 捙反輾狗, 反輾狗仔, 反狗仔
	Taipei	捙糞斗, 拋捙輾
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	拋輾斗
	Kaohsiung	反加薦, 反輾狗仔
	Yilan	捙糞斗
	Changhua (Lukang)	躍跤仔輾
	Taichung	反輦狗仔
	Tainan	反死狗仔
	Hsinchu	拋輦斗
	Kinmen	拋輾狗
	Penghu (Magong)	拋輾狗
	Manila (Hokkien)	拋輾斗
	Shantou	幺輦斗
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	拍輦斗
	Haikou	翻跟斗
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	翻跟斗, 打跟斗
Wu	Shanghai	躥跟斗, 翻跟斗
	Shanghai (Chongming)	栽跟斗, 顛跟斗
	Suzhou	扦跟多
	Danyang	翻跟頭
	Hangzhou	翻跟頭
	Ningbo	翻筋倒, 翻頂倒
	Wenzhou	翻筋倒
	Jinhua	翻跟斗, 打滾斗
	Jinhua (Tangxi)	打畚斗兒
Xiang	Changsha	打筋斗
	Loudi	打筋斗, 翻筋斗