逆天

Chinese

		contrary; opposite; backwards contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel	day; sky; heaven
trad. (逆天)		逆	天
simp. #(逆天)		逆	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nìtiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ tin¹
• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): gih⁷ teng¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): ge̍k-thiⁿ / ge̍k-thian

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìtiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìtian
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴-tʻien¹
    • Yale: nì-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihtian
    • Palladius: нитянь (nitjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶ tin¹
    • Yale: yihk tīn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ tin¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ tin¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² tʰiːn⁵⁵/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gih⁷ teng¹ [Phonetic: gih⁶ teng¹]
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: gi̍h-teng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiʔ⁴⁻¹ tʰɛŋ⁵³³/
  • (Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: gih⁷ teng¹ [Phonetic: gih⁶ teng¹]
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kiʔ²⁴⁻² tʰɛŋ⁵³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍k-thiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: gi̍k-thinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gegtvy
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍k-thian
    • Tâi-lô: gi̍k-thian
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gegtiefn
    • IPA (Taipei, Kaohsiung): /ɡiɪk̚⁴⁻³² tʰiɛn⁴⁴/

Verb

逆天

1. (literary) to go against the heaven
2. (slang, neologism) to be outstanding; to be extraordinary (clarification of this definition is needed)

Adjective

逆天

1. (Hokkien, Puxian Min) excessive and unreasonable
2. (slang, neologism) extraordinarily good or bad

References

• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “逆天”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[1] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “逆天”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎^[2] (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
• 莆田市政协文化文史和学习委员会 [Culture, History and Learning Committee of Putian CPPCC], editor (2021), “逆天”, in 莆仙方言大词典 [Comprehensive Dictionary of Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 210.