反正

反正

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	just (right); main; upright just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
simp. and trad. (反正)		反	正

Pronunciation 1

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnzheng, fǎnzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ˙ㄓㄥ, ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² zing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán-chṳn
• Min Nan (POJ): hoán-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Pinyin: fǎnzheng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ˙ㄓㄥ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faan.jeng
    • IPA ^(key): /fa̠n²¹⁴ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɤŋ⁴/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
    • Pinyin: fǎnzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjenq
    • IPA ^(key): /fa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² zing³
    • Yale: fáan jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² jing³
    • IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán-chṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan` ziin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan³ zin⁴
    • IPA: /fan³¹ t͡sɨn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: huán-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnzexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Adverb

反正

1. anyway; in any case; whatever happens

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 反正 (“anyway”) [map]
Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese		長短
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		反正、不管怎樣、無論如何
Mandarin	Beijing	反正、橫豎、橫直
	Taiwan	反正、橫豎
	Jinan	反正、橫豎
	Xi'an	反正
	Wuhan	橫直
	Chengdu	橫順、橫豎、左橫
	Yangzhou	反正
	Hefei	反正、橫豎
Cantonese	Guangzhou	橫掂
	Hong Kong	橫掂
	Taishan	橫掂
	Yangjiang	橫掂
Gan	Nanchang	橫直
Hakka	Meixian	贏輸
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	反正
	Liudui (S. Sixian)	反正
	Hsinchu (Hailu)	反正
	Dongshi (Dabu)	反正
	Hsinchu (Raoping)	反正
	Yunlin (Zhao'an)	橫直
Jin	Taiyuan	反正、橫豎
Min Bei	Jian'ou	橫直
Min Dong	Fuzhou	橫直、好呆
Min Nan	Xiamen	橫直
	Quanzhou	橫直
	Zhangzhou	橫直
	Taipei	橫直
	Chaozhou	長短
	Shantou	長短
Wu	Shanghai	橫豎、反正
	Suzhou	橫豎、橫道
	Wenzhou	橫直、到老
Xiang	Changsha	橫直、橫去
	Shuangfeng	橫直、紅黑

Pronunciation 2

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnzhèng

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² zing³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán-chṳn
• Min Nan (POJ): hoán-chèng

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: fǎnzhèng
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjenq
    • IPA ^(key): /fa̠n²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² zing³
    • Yale: fáan jing
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² dzing³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² jing³
    • IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán-chṳn
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan` ziin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan³ zin⁴
    • IPA: /fan³¹ t͡sɨn⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-chèng
    • Tâi-lô: huán-tsìng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnzexng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡ɕiɪŋ²¹/

Verb

反正

1. to put things back in order
2. to return to the correct path