倒置

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 install; to place; to put
simp. and trad. (倒置)		倒	置

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàozhì

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² zi³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dàozhì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàojhìh
    • Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chih⁴
    • Yale: dàu-jr̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawjyh
    • Palladius: даочжи (daočži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² zi³
    • Yale: dóu ji
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² dzi³
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² ji³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ t͡siː³³/

Verb

倒置

1. to place upside down; to invert
2. (grammar) to invert (the word order)

Synonyms

• (to place upside down): (Min Nan) 倒吊 (dàodiào)