反間計

See also: 反间计

Chinese

		to sow distrust or dissension among one's enemies; to set one's enemies at odds	to calculate; to compute; to count to calculate; to compute; to count; reckon; ruse; to plan
trad. (反間計)		反間	計
simp. (反间计)		反间	计

Etymology

Stratagem #33 in the Thirty-Six Stratagems:

Undermine your enemy's ability to fight by secretly causing discord between him and his friends, allies, advisors, family, commanders, soldiers, and population. While he is preoccupied settling internal disputes, his ability to attack or defend, is compromised.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎnjiànjì
(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² gaan³ gai³
Min Nan (POJ): hoán-kàn-kè

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnjiànjì
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjiànjì
  - Wade–Giles: fan³-chien⁴-chi⁴
  - Yale: fǎn-jyàn-jì
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjiannjih
  - Palladius: фаньцзяньцзи (fanʹczjanʹczi)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ t͡ɕjɛn⁵¹⁻⁵³ t͡ɕi⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan² gaan³ gai³
  - Yale: fáan gaan gai
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan² gaan³ gai³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan² gan³ gei³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ kaːn³³ kɐi̯³³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-kàn-kè
  - Tâi-lô: huán-kàn-kè
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnkarnkex
  - IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹⁻⁵³ ke²¹/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ kan⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ke⁴¹/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹⁻⁵³ ke²¹/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ kan¹¹⁻⁵³ ke¹¹/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ kan²¹⁻⁴¹ ke²¹/

Noun

反間計

stratagem of letting the enemy's own spy sow discord in the enemy camp

Related terms

連環計／连环计 (liánhuánjì)