天翻地覆

Chinese

		day; sky; heaven	flit about; translate; turn over	earth; ground; field earth; ground; field; place; land; (subor. part. adverbial); ‑ly	to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize
trad. (天翻地覆)		天	翻	地	覆
simp. #(天翻地覆)		天	翻	地	覆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): tiānfāndìfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄢ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): tin¹ faan¹ dei⁶ fuk¹
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): thian-hoan-tē-hok / thian-hoan-tōe-hok

  (Teochew, Peng'im): tiang¹ huang¹ di⁷ hog⁸

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: tiānfāndìfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄊㄧㄢ ㄈㄢ ㄉㄧˋ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: tianfandìfù
    • Wade–Giles: tʻien¹-fan¹-ti⁴-fu⁴
    • Yale: tyān-fān-dì-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tianfandihfuh
    • Palladius: тяньфаньдифу (tjanʹfanʹdifu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ fän⁵⁵ ti⁵¹⁻⁵³ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: tin¹ faan¹ dei⁶ fuk¹
    • Yale: tīn fāan deih fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tin¹ faan¹ dei⁶ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: tin¹ fan¹ déi⁶ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiːn⁵⁵ faːn⁵⁵ tei̯²² fʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Kaohsiung)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-hoan-tē-hok
    • Tâi-lô: thian-huan-tē-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienhoandexhog
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴⁻³³ te³³⁻²¹ hɔk̚³²/
  • (Hokkien: Taipei)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: thian-hoan-tōe-hok
    • Tâi-lô: thian-huan-tuē-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: tienhoandoexhog
    • IPA (Taipei): /tʰiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴⁴⁻³³ tue³³⁻¹¹ hɔk̚³²/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: tiang¹ huang¹ di⁷ hog⁸
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: thiang huang tī ho̍k
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tʰiaŋ³³⁻²³ huaŋ³³ ti¹¹ hok̚⁴/

Idiom

天翻地覆

1. bringing drastic changes; earthshaking
2. having everything messed up; chaotic