倒果為因

倒果為因

Chinese

		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	fruit; result	because of; for; to because of; for; to; act as; take...to be; to be; to do; to serve as; to become	cause; reason; because
trad. (倒果為因)		倒	果	為	因
simp. (倒果为因)		倒	果	为	因

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dàoguǒwéiyīn

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): dou² gwo² wai⁴ jan¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: dàoguǒwéiyīn
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄍㄨㄛˇ ㄨㄟˊ ㄧㄣ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawguuoweiin
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dàoguǒwéiyin
    • IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹ kwɔ²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ weɪ̯³⁵ in⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: dou² gwo² wai⁴ jan¹
    • Yale: dóu gwó wàih yān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dou² gwo² wai⁴ jan¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dou² guo² wei⁴ yen¹
    • IPA ^(key): /tou̯³⁵ kʷɔː³⁵ wɐi̯²¹ jɐn⁵⁵/

Idiom

倒果為因

1. to reverse the cause and the effect; to reverse causality