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): ㄈㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan¹ tin¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fāntiān
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢ ㄊㄧㄢ
    • 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

1. to turn the world upside down
2. to have a massive impact
3. to rebel; to revolt; to overthrow
4. to be very noisy

Derived terms

• 翻天覆地 (fāntiānfùdì)