反覆

反覆

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize
trad. (反覆)		反	覆
simp. (反复*)		反	复
variant forms		反復／反复

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnfù

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄈㄨˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² fuk¹
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán-fu̍k
• Min Nan (POJ): péng-phak

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Pinyin: fǎnfù
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄈㄨˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanfuh
    • IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ fu⁵¹/
    • Homophones:

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      edit edit 反復／反复 反覆

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² fuk¹
    • Yale: fáan fūk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² fuk⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² fug¹
    • IPA ^(key): /fäːn³⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán-fu̍k
    • Hakka Romanization System: fan` fug
    • Hagfa Pinyim: fan³ fug⁶
    • IPA: /fan³¹ fuk̚⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: péng-phak
    • Tâi-lô: píng-phak
    • Phofsit Daibuun: pefngphag
    • IPA (Taipei): /piɪŋ⁵³⁻⁴⁴ pʰak̚³²/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /piɪŋ⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ pʰak̚³²/

Verb

反覆

1. to go back and forth; to be changeable; to be full of changes
2. to recur; (of disease) to relapse
3. to go back (on one's word); to back out

Derived terms

反反覆覆 (fǎnfǎnfùfù) 反覆不一 反覆不定

反覆思維／反覆思维 反覆無常／反复无常 (fǎnfùwúcháng) 循環反覆／循环反覆

Adverb

反覆

1. repeatedly; again and again

   反覆推敲  ―  fǎnfù tuīqiāo  ―  to repeatedly scrutinize

Noun

反覆

1. reversal; relapse