顛三倒四

Chinese

		inverted; jolt; top	three	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	four
trad. (顛三倒四)		顛	三	倒	四
simp. (颠三倒四)		颠	三	倒	四

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diānsāndǎosì

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢㄙㄢㄉㄠˇ ㄙˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ saam¹ dou² sei³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diānsāndǎosì
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢㄙㄢㄉㄠˇ ㄙˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: diansandǎosìh
  - Wade–Giles: tien¹-san¹-tao³-ssŭ⁴
  - Yale: dyān-sān-dǎu-sz̀
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: diansandaosyh
  - Palladius: дяньсаньдаосы (djanʹsanʹdaosy)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ sän⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ sz̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: din¹ saam¹ dou² sei³
  - Yale: dīn sāam dóu sei
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ saam¹ dou² sei³
  - Guangdong Romanization: din¹ sam¹ dou² séi³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵ saːm⁵⁵ tou̯³⁵ sei̯³³/

Idiom

顛三倒四

(of words or behaviour) disorderly; chaotic; topsy-turvy; confused

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