顛覆

See also: 顚覆 and 転覆

Chinese

		inverted; jolt; top	to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize
trad. (顛覆)		顛	覆
simp. (颠覆)		颠	覆

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diānfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ fuk¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tian-hok

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diānfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dianfù
    • Wade–Giles: tien¹-fu⁴
    • Yale: dyān-fù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianfuh
    • Palladius: дяньфу (djanʹfu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: din¹ fuk¹
    • Yale: dīn fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: din¹ fug¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian-hok
    • Tâi-lô: tian-hok
    • Phofsit Daibuun: dienhog
    • IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn³³ hɔk̚⁵/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚³²/

Verb

顛覆 (transitive)

1. to turn over; to overturn (physically)
2. to subvert (power, authority); to topple (a government); to defy (an idea, concept); to turn upside down

Synonyms

• (to subvert):

• 傾覆／倾覆 (qīngfù)
• 打倒 (dǎdǎo)
• 打垮 (dǎkuǎ)
• 打敗／打败 (dǎbài)
• 扳倒 (bāndǎo) (figurative)
• 推翻 (tuīfān)
• 擊敗／击败 (jībài)
• 破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
顛	覆
てん Hyōgaiji	ふく > ぷく Grade: S
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
顚覆 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 顛覆 – see the following entry.

【転覆てんぷく】 [noun] capsizing, overturn [verb] (intransitive) [verb] to overturn (physically) [verb] (of a government, authority) to be overthrown [verb] (transitive) [verb] to overthrow (physically) [verb] to subvert (a government, authority)

(This term, 顛覆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)