顛倒

Chinese

		inverted; jolt; top	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
trad. (顛倒)		顛	倒
simp. (颠倒)		颠	倒
alternative forms		顛踱／颠踱 (thian-tho̍h)

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāndǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ dou²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): tiên-to / tiên-tó
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): thian-tho̍h

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diāndǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diandǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tien¹-tao³
    • Yale: dyān-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diandao
    • Palladius: дяньдао (djanʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din¹ dou²
    • Yale: dīn dóu
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ dou²
    • Guangdong Romanization: din¹ dou²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiên-to / tiên-tó
    • Hakka Romanization System: dien^ˊ do / dien^ˊ do^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dian¹ do⁴ / dian¹ do³
    • Sinological IPA: /ti̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁵⁵/, /ti̯en²⁴ to³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-tho̍h
    • Tâi-lô: thian-tho̍h
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tientoih
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰoʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tʰiɛn³³ tʰoʔ²⁴/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² tʰoʔ¹²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰoʔ⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tʰɤʔ⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: ten tawX

Rime
Character	顛	倒
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Initial (聲)	端 (5)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	先 (85)	豪 (89)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Rising (X)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	IV	I
Fanqie	都年切	都晧切
Baxter	ten	tawX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ten/	/tɑuX/
Pan Wuyun	/ten/	/tɑuX/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛn/	/tɑuX/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛn/	/tawX/
Li Rong	/ten/	/tɑuX/
Wang Li	/tien/	/tɑuX/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tien/	/tɑuX/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diān	dǎo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	din1	dou2

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*tˤi[n]  tˤawʔ/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tiːn  taːwʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	顛	倒
Reading #	1/1	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	diān	dǎo
Middle Chinese	‹ ten ›	‹ tawX ›
Old Chinese	/*tˁi[n]/	/*tˁawʔ/
English	top	turn upside down (v.i.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	顛	倒
Reading #	1/2	1/2
No.	17038	2114
Phonetic component	眞	刀
Rime group	眞	宵
Rime subdivision	1	1
Corresponding MC rime	顚	倒
Old Chinese	/*tiːn/	/*taːwʔ/
Notes		見漢賦

Verb

顛倒

1. (literal) to turn upside-down; to reverse; to be topsy-turvy

   • 東方未晞，顛倒裳衣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     东方未晞，颠倒裳衣。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Dōngfāng wèi xī, diāndǎo chángyī. [Pinyin]

     Before there was a streak of dawn in the east,
     I was putting on my clothes upside down.

2. (figurative) to be confused; to be deranged; to go crazy; to be chaotic; to be disorderly; to fool around; to behave irrationally or frivolously
3. (literary) to be overthrown; to be overturned

   • 訊予不顧，顛倒思予。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad.]
     讯予不顾，颠倒思予。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11^th – 7^th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Xùn yǔ bùgù, diāndǎo sī yǔ. [Pinyin]

     I admonish him, but he will not regard me;
     When he is overthrown, he will think of me.

Derived terms

• 不知顛倒／不知颠倒
• 夢魂顛倒／梦魂颠倒
• 屋無主，掃帚顛倒豎／屋无主，扫帚颠倒竖
• 是非顛倒／是非颠倒 (shìfēidiāndǎo)
• 晨昏顛倒／晨昏颠倒
• 本末顛倒／本末颠倒 (běnmòdiāndǎo)
• 神魂顛倒／神魂颠倒 (shénhúndiāndǎo)
• 語言顛倒／语言颠倒
• 迷離顛倒／迷离颠倒
• 顛倒乾坤／颠倒干坤
• 顛倒教室／颠倒教室 (diāndǎo jiàoshì)
• 顛倒是非／颠倒是非 (diāndǎoshìfēi)
• 顛倒而行／颠倒而行
• 顛倒衣裳／颠倒衣裳
• 顛倒錯亂／颠倒错乱
• 顛倒陰陽／颠倒阴阳
• 顛倒黑白／颠倒黑白 (diāndǎohēibái)
• 顛顛倒倒／颠颠倒倒
• 黑白顛倒／黑白颠倒

 

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (顛倒):

• → Japanese: 顛倒(てんとう) (tentō)

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diāndǎo

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ

• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): tiên-to

  (Hailu, HRS): dien^ˋ do^ˇ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): tian-tó / tian-tò

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ding¹ do³ / dêng¹ do³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diāndǎo
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: diandǎo
    • Wade–Giles: tien¹-tao³
    • Yale: dyān-dǎu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diandao
    • Palladius: дяньдао (djanʹdao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: tiên-to
    • Hakka Romanization System: dien^ˊ do
    • Hagfa Pinyim: dian¹ do⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /ti̯en²⁴⁻¹¹ to⁵⁵/
  • (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
    • Hakka Romanization System: dien^ˋ do^ˇ
    • Sinological IPA: /tien⁵³ to¹¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian-tó
    • Tâi-lô: tian-tó
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diendoir
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn³³ to⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² to⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian-tò
    • Tâi-lô: tian-tò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: diendoix
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ tɤ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ to¹¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ding¹ do³ / dêng¹ do³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ting tò / teng tò
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiŋ³³⁻²³ to²¹³/, /teŋ³³⁻²³ to²¹³/

Note: dêng1 do3 - Jieyang.

Conjunction

顛倒

1. (literary or Taiwanese Hakka, Xiamen and Taiwanese Hokkien, Teochew) instead; on the contrary
2. (literary) only

References

• “Entry #12931”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
• “Entry #12932”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
顛	倒
てん Hyōgai	とう Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
顚倒 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 顛倒 – see the following entry.

【転倒てんとう】 [noun] a fall, overturning, a tumble [verb] to fall, to overturn [verb] to be upset [verb] to be reversed

(This term, 顛倒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)