反間

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (反間)		反	間
simp. (反间)		反	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² gaan³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-kàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang² gain³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-chien⁴
    • Yale: fǎn-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjiann
    • Palladius: фаньцзянь (fanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕi̯ɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² gaan³
    • Yale: fáan gaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² gaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² gan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ kaːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-kàn
    • Tâi-lô: huán-kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnkaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang² gain³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng kàiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kãĩ²¹³/

Note: huang2 gain3 - Jieyang.

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• Middle Chinese: pjonX keanH

Rime
Character	反	間
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	府遠切	古莧切
Baxter	pjonX	keanH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐnX/	/kˠɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐnX/	/kᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɐnX/	/kænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puanX/	/kəɨnH/
Li Rong	/piuɐnX/	/kɛnH/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐnX/	/kænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯wɐnX/	/kănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǎn	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan2	gaan3

Verb

反間

1. to sow distrust or dissension among one's enemies; to set one's enemies at odds (by spreading rumors, etc.)

Synonyms

• 主使 (zhǔshǐ)
• 使使 (Hokkien)
• 使唆 (Hokkien)
• 助長／助长 (zhùzhǎng)
• 勾引 (gōuyǐn)
• 唆使 (suōshǐ)
• 唆擺／唆摆 (so¹ baai²) (Cantonese)
• 嗾使 (sǒushǐ)
• 引誘／引诱 (yǐnyòu)
• 引逗 (yǐndòu)
• 慫恿／怂恿 (sǒngyǒng)
• 扇動／扇动 (shāndòng)
• 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary)
• 指使 (zhǐshǐ)
• 挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng)
• 挑唆 (tiǎosuō)
• 挑撥／挑拨 (tiǎobō)
• 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ)
• 挑釁／挑衅 (tiǎoxìn)
• 搬弄 (bānnòng)
• 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary)
• 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng)
• 攏慫／拢怂 (Hokkien)
• 攛掇／撺掇 (cuānduo) (colloquial)
• 教唆 (jiàosuō)
• 煽動／煽动 (shāndòng)
• 煽惑 (shānhuò)
• 簸弄 (bǒnòng)
• 縱臾／纵臾 (zǒngyǒng) (obsolete)
• 縱踴／纵踊 (obsolete)
• 誘使／诱使 (yòushǐ)
• 離間／离间 (líjiàn)
• 鼓動／鼓动 (gǔdòng)
• 鼓惑 (gǔhuò)

 

Derived terms

• 反間計／反间计 (fǎnjiànjì)