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): ㄉㄧㄢ ㄙㄢ ㄉㄠˇ ㄙˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ saam¹ dou² sei³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diānsāndǎosì
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ ㄙㄢ ㄉㄠˇ 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

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