倒懸

See also: 倒悬

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	hang; suspend
trad. (倒懸)		倒	懸
simp. (倒悬)		倒	悬
Literally: “to be hung upside down by the feet”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàoxuán

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou³ jyun⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàoxuán
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄩㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàosyuán
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-hsüan²
    • Yale: dàu-sywán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawshyuan
    • Palladius: даосюань (daosjuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ ɕy̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou³ jyun⁴
    • Yale: dou yùhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou³ jyn⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou³ yun⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³³ jyːn²¹/

Verb

倒懸

1. to hang upside down
2. (literary, figurative) to be in dire straits; to be in a precarious position