倒掛

Chinese

		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	to hang; to put up; to suspend
trad. (倒掛)		倒	掛
simp. (倒挂)		倒	挂

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàoguà

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ gwaa³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàoguà
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàoguà
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-kua⁴
    • Yale: dàu-gwà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawguah
    • Palladius: даогуа (daogua)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ku̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ gwaa³
    • Yale: dou gwa
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ gwaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ gua³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ kʷaː³³/

Verb

倒掛

1. to hang upside down
2. (of a price) to be reversed

Synonyms

• (to hang upside down): 倒懸／倒悬 (dàoxuán)