反正

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
trad. (反正)		反	正
simp. #(反正)		反	正
anagram		正反

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnzheng, fǎnzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ˙ㄓㄥ, ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² zing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán-chṳn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnzheng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ˙ㄓㄥ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjhe̊ng
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-chêng⁵
    • Yale: fǎn-jeng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faan.jeng
    • Palladius: фаньчжэн (fanʹčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɤŋ⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-chêng⁴
    • Yale: fǎn-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjenq
    • Palladius: фаньчжэн (fanʹčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² zing³
    • Yale: fáan jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán-chṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan` ziin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan³ zin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fan³¹ t͡sɨn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: huán-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnzexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 反正

1. anyway; in any case; whatever happens

Synonyms

(deprecated template usage)

• 不管怎樣／不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng)
• 不管怎麼樣／不管怎么样 (bùguǎn zěnmeyàng)
• 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
• 好賴／好赖 (hǎolài)
• 橫直／横直 (héngzhí) (dialectal)
• 橫豎／横竖 (héngshù)
• 橫豎橫／横竖横 (Northern Wu)
• 死活 (sǐhuó)
• 無論如何／无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé)
• 生死 (sen¹ si³) (Sichuanese)
• 紅黑／红黑 (hong² he²) (Sichuanese)
• 總之／总之 (zǒngzhī)
• 長短／长短 (chángduǎn) (literary)

 

Dialectal synonyms of 反正 (“anyway”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		長短
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		反正, 不管怎樣, 無論如何
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	反正, 橫豎, 橫直
	Taiwan	反正, 橫豎
	Singapore	反正
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	反正, 橫豎
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	反正
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	橫順, 橫豎, 左橫, 紅黑, 高矮, 生死
	Wuhan	橫直
	Guiyang	千急
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	反正
	Hefei	反正, 橫豎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	橫掂
	Hong Kong	橫掂, 反正
	Hong Kong (San Tin Weitou)	橫掂
	Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou)	橫掂
	Hong Kong (Ting Kok)	橫掂
	Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau)	橫掂
	Macau	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Panyu)	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu)	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Conghua)	橫掂
	Guangzhou (Zengcheng)	反正
	Foshan	橫掂
	Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai)	橫掂
	Foshan (Shunde)	橫掂
	Foshan (Sanshui)	橫掂
	Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming)	左右
	Zhongshan (Shiqi)	橫掂
	Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou)	橫掂
	Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka)	橫掂
	Zhuhai (Doumen)	橫掂
	Jiangmen (Baisha)	橫掂
	Jiangmen (Xinhui)	橫掂
	Taishan	橫掂
	Kaiping (Chikan)	橫掂
	Enping (Niujiang)	橫掂
	Heshan (Yayao)	橫掂
	Dongguan	橫掂
	Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an)	反正
	Yangjiang	橫掂
	Nanning	橫直
	Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	橫掂
Gan	Nanchang	橫直
Hakka	Meixian	贏輸, 橫直, 橫正, 反正
	Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua)	橫掂
	Huiyang	橫掂
	Dongguan (Qingxi)	橫掂
	Shenzhen (Shatoujiao)	反正
	Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui)	反正
	Heyuan (Bendihua)	反正
	Liannan	反正
	Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua)	橫掂, 反正
	Jiexi	反正
	Changting	橫直
	Ninghua	反正
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	反正
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	反正
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	反正
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	反正
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	反正
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	橫直
	Hong Kong	橫掂
	Luchuan	反正
	Senai (Huiyang)	反正
Jin	Taiyuan	反正, 橫豎
Northern Min	Jian'ou	橫直
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	橫直, 好呆
Southern Min	Xiamen	橫直
	Quanzhou	橫直
	Yongchun	橫直
	Zhangzhou	橫直, 生成
	Dongshan	橫直
	Tainan	橫直
	Pingnan (Shangdu)	反正
	Shantou	長短, 反正, 橫直
	Shantou (Chaoyang)	正倒
	Jieyang	長短, 正倒
	Puning	反正, 正倒
	Johor Bahru (Teochew)	反正
	Leizhou	橫直
Puxian Min	Putian	橫直
	Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang)	橫直
	Xianyou	反正, 橫直
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	橫掂
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	橫直
Wu	Shanghai	橫豎, 反正
	Suzhou	橫豎, 橫道
	Wenzhou	橫直, 到老
Xiang	Changsha	橫直, 橫去
	Shuangfeng	橫直, 紅黑

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² zing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán-chṳn
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjhèng
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-chêng⁴
    • Yale: fǎn-jèng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjenq
    • Palladius: фаньчжэн (fanʹčžɛn)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 反正 反證／反证

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² zing³
    • Yale: fáan jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² jing³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán-chṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan` ziin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan³ zin⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /fan³¹ t͡sɨn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: huán-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnzexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/

Verb

反正

1. (literary) to put things back in order
2. (literary) to return to the correct path

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