翻天

Chinese

		flit about; translate; turn over	day; sky; heaven
trad. (翻天)		翻	天
simp. ^#(翻天)		翻	天

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fāntiān

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢㄊㄧㄢ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ tin¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fāntiān
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢㄊㄧㄢ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fantian
  - Wade–Giles: fan¹-tʻien¹
  - Yale: fān-tyān
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: fantian
  - Palladius: фаньтянь (fanʹtjanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän⁵⁵ tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan¹ tin¹
  - Yale: fāan tīn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan¹ tin¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan¹ tin¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn⁵⁵ tʰiːn⁵⁵/

Verb

翻天

to turn the world upside down
to have a massive impact
to rebel; to revolt; to overthrow
to be very noisy

Derived terms

翻天覆地 (fāntiānfùdì)

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