反間

反間

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	interstice; separate; between interstice; separate; between; among; space; (measure word)
trad. (反間)		反	間
simp. (反间)		反	间

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnjiàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² gaan³
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-kàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang² gain³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnjiàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjiàn
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-chien⁴
    • Yale: fǎn-jyàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjiann
    • Palladius: фаньцзянь (fanʹczjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² gaan³
    • Yale: fáan gaan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² gaan³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² gan³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ kaːn³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-kàn
    • Tâi-lô: huán-kàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnkaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang² gain³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng kàiⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ kãĩ²¹³/

Note: huang2 gain3 - Jieyang.

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• Middle Chinese: /pʉɐn^X  kˠɛn^H/

Rime
Character	反	間
Reading #	2/2	2/2
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	元 (66)	山 (73)
Tone (調)	Rising (X)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	府遠切	古莧切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pʉɐnX/	/kˠɛnH/
Pan Wuyun	/pʷiɐnX/	/kᵚænH/
Shao Rongfen	/piuɐnX/	/kænH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puanX/	/kəɨnH/
Li Rong	/piuɐnX/	/kɛnH/
Wang Li	/pĭwɐnX/	/kænH/
Bernard Karlgren	/pi̯wɐnX/	/kănH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fǎn	jiàn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	faan2	gaan3

Verb

反間

1. to sow distrust or dissension among one's enemies; to set one's enemies at odds (by spreading rumors, etc.)

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 反間

主使 (zhǔshǐ) 使使 (Min Nan) 使唆 (Min Nan) 勾引 (gōuyǐn) 唆使 (suōshǐ) 嗾使 (sǒushǐ) 引逗 (yǐndòu) 拖逗 (tuōdòu) (literary) 指使 (zhǐshǐ) 挑唆 (tiǎosuō) 挑起 (tiǎoqǐ) 搬弄 (bānnòng) 撮弄 (cuōnòng) (literary) 教唆 (jiàosuō) 煽惑 (shānhuò) 簸弄 (bǒnòng) 鼓惑 (gǔhuò)

助長／助长 (zhùzhǎng) 引誘／引诱 (yǐnyòu) 慫恿／怂恿 (sǒngyǒng) 扇動／扇动 (shāndòng) 挑動／挑动 (tiǎodòng) 挑撥／挑拨 (tiǎobō) 挑釁／挑衅 (tiǎoxìn) 撥弄／拨弄 (bōnòng) 攏慫／拢怂 (Min Nan) 攛掇／撺掇 (cuānduo) (colloquial) 煽動／煽动 (shāndòng) 縱臾／纵臾 (zǒngyǒng) (obsolete) 縱踴／纵踊 (obsolete) 誘使／诱使 (yòushǐ) 離間／离间 (líjiàn) 鼓動／鼓动 (gǔdòng)

Derived terms

反間計／反间计 (fǎnjiànjì)