反芻

See also: 反刍

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	surname; cut grass; hay surname; cut grass; hay; straw; fodder
trad. (反芻)		反	芻
simp. (反刍)		反	刍

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnchú

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄔㄨˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² co¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoân-chho͘

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnchú
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄔㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnchú
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-chʻu²
    • Yale: fǎn-chú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanchwu
    • Palladius: фаньчу (fanʹču)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² co¹
    • Yale: fáan chō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² tso¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² co¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ t͡sʰɔː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoân-chho͘
    • Tâi-lô: huân-tshoo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoanzhof
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan²⁴⁻²² t͡sʰɔ⁴⁴/

Verb

反芻

1. to ruminate; to chew the cud
2. (figurative) to meditate on; to mull over (past events)