反天

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	day; sky; heaven
trad. (反天)		反	天
simp. #(反天)		反	天

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎntiān

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-thiⁿ

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huêng² tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎntiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎntian
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-tʻien¹
    • Yale: fǎn-tyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faantian
    • Palladius: фаньтянь (fanʹtjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-thiⁿ
    • Tâi-lô: huán-thinn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafntvy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei, Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ tʰĩ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huêng² tin¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huéng thiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hueŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ tʰĩ³³/

Verb

反天

1. (literary) to rebel; to rise up in rebellion; to revolt
2. (Southern Min, of the weather) to change

Synonyms

• (to rebel):

• 亂逆／乱逆 (luànnì) (literary)
• 兵變／兵变 (bīngbiàn) (to mutiny)
• 動亂／动乱 (dòngluàn)
• 反亂／反乱 (fǎnluàn)
• 反叛 (fǎnpàn)
• 反抗 (fǎnkàng)
• 反水 (fǎnshuǐ) (dialectal)
• 叛亂／叛乱 (pànluàn)
• 叛變／叛变 (pànbiàn)
• 嘩變／哗变 (huábiàn) (to mutiny)
• 悖亂／悖乱 (bèiluàn) (literary)
• 暴亂／暴乱 (bàoluàn)
• 暴動／暴动 (bàodòng)
• 暴獄／暴狱 (bàoyù) (of prisoners)
• 發難／发难 (fānàn)
• 舉事／举事 (jǔshì) (literary, euphemism)
• 舉義／举义 (jǔyì) (literary)
• 起事 (qǐshì)
• 起兵 (qǐbīng)
• 起手 (qǐshǒu)
• 起義／起义 (qǐyì)
• 逆亂／逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary)
• 造反 (zàofǎn)
• 首義／首义 (shǒuyì) (literary, to be the first to stage an uprising)

 

• (to change): 變天／变天 (biàntiān); (Wu) 天變／天变