造反

造反

Chinese

		to make; to build; to invent to make; to build; to invent; to manufacture	wrong side out or up; anti-
trad. (造反)		造	反
simp. #(造反)		造	反

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Standard)

  (Pinyin): zàofǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄗㄠˋ ㄈㄢˇ

  (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): зофан (zofan, III-II)

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zou⁶ faan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chho-fán
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chǒ-hoán / chō-hoán

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zao⁶ huêng²

• Wu (Wiktionary): zau fe (T3)

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zàofǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄗㄠˋ ㄈㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: zàofǎn
    • Wade–Giles: tsao⁴-fan³
    • Yale: dzàu-fǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tzawfaan
    • Palladius: цзаофань (czaofanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɑʊ̯⁵¹ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
  • (Dungan)
    • Cyrillic and Wiktionary: зофан (zofan, III-II)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɔ⁴⁴ fæ̃⁵¹/

    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: zou⁶ faan²
    • Yale: jouh fáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzou⁶ faan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: zou⁶ fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sou̯²² faːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chho-fán
    • Hakka Romanization System: co fan`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: co⁴ fan³
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰo⁵⁵ fan³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chǒ-hoán
    • Tâi-lô: tsǒ-huán
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡so²² huan⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese, Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chō-hoán
    • Tâi-lô: tsō-huán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zoixhoarn
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sɤ³³⁻²¹ huan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡so³³⁻¹¹ huan⁵³/
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /t͡so²²⁻²¹ huan⁵³/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zao⁶ huêng²
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsău huéng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sau³⁵⁻¹¹ hueŋ⁵²/
• Wu
  • (Shanghainese)
    • Wiktionary: zau fe (T3)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /z̥ɔ²² fe̞⁴⁴/

Verb

造⫽反 (verb-object)

1. to rebel; to rise up in rebellion; to revolt

   • 在無產階級文化大革命中，為一小撮執行資產階級反動路綫的人所把持的《西藏日報》不但沒有貫徹您的指示，相反抵制您的指示，忠實地為資產階級反動路綫服務，所以我們造了區黨委一小撮堅持資產階級反動路綫者的反。 [MSC, trad.]
     在无产阶级文化大革命中，为一小撮执行资产阶级反动路线的人所把持的《西藏日报》不但没有贯彻您的指示，相反抵制您的指示，忠实地为资产阶级反动路线服务，所以我们造了区党委一小撮坚持资产阶级反动路线者的反。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1967 January 11, 《向毛主席致敬电》, in 《西藏日报》, issue 3403, page 1

     Zài Wúchǎn Jiējí Wénhuà Dà Gémìng zhōng, wéi yīxiǎocuō zhíxíng zīchǎn jiējí fǎndòng lùxiàn de rén suǒ bǎchí de “XīZàng Rìbào” bùdàn méiyǒu guànchè nín de zhǐshì, xiàngfǎn dǐzhì nín de zhǐshì, zhōngshí dì wèi zīchǎn jiējí fǎndòng lùxiàn fúwù, suǒyǐ wǒmen zào le qūdǎngwěi yīxiǎocuō jiānchí zīchǎn jiējí fǎndòng lùxiàn zhě de fǎn. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this example)

2. to muck about; to run wild; to horse around

Synonyms

• (to rebel):

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Synonyms of 造反

反叛 (fǎnpàn) 反天 (fǎntiān) (literary) 反抗 (fǎnkàng) 反水 (fǎnshuǐ) (dialectal) 起事 (qǐshì) 起兵 (qǐbīng) 起手 (qǐshǒu) 亂逆／乱逆 (luànnì) (literary) 兵變／兵变 (bīngbiàn) (to mutiny) 動亂／动乱 (dòngluàn) 反亂／反乱 (fǎnluàn) 叛亂／叛乱 (pànluàn)

叛變／叛变 (pànbiàn) 悖亂／悖乱 (bèiluàn) (literary) 暴亂／暴乱 (bàoluàn) 暴動／暴动 (bàodòng) 暴獄／暴狱 (bàoyù) (of prisoners) 發難／发难 (fānàn) 舉事／举事 (jǔshì) (literary, euphemism) 舉義／举义 (jǔyì) (literary) 譁變／哗变 (huábiàn) (to mutiny) 起義／起义 (qǐyì) 逆亂／逆乱 (nìluàn) (literary) 首義／首义 (shǒuyì) (literary, to be the first to stage an uprising)

• (to muck about):

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Synonyms of 造反

惹事 (rěshì) 搞事 (gǎoshì) 搞鬼 (gǎoguǐ) 撩事 (Min Bei) 滋事 (zīshì) 生事 (shēngshì) 生空 (Min Nan) 生空生榫 (Min Nan) 耍手腕 (shuǎ shǒuwàn) 舞射 (Hakka) 起事 (Min Nan) 起空 (Min Nan) 亂它／乱它 (Xiang) 亂彈琴／乱弹琴 (luàn tánqín) (figurative) 亂鬧／乱闹 (luànnào) 使壞／使坏 (shǐhuài) 做手腳／做手脚 (zuò shǒujiǎo)

卵彈琴／卵弹琴 (Xiang) 搗亂／捣乱 (dǎoluàn) 搗蛋／捣蛋 (dǎodàn) 搗鬼／捣鬼 (dǎoguǐ) 搶事／抢事 (Min Nan) 滋擾／滋扰 (zīrǎo) 玩鬧／玩闹 (wánnào) 生氣／生气 (siⁿ-khùi) (Min Nan) 生空生縫／生空生缝 (Min Nan) 胡來／胡来 (húlái) 胡攪／胡搅 (hújiǎo) 胡鬧／胡闹 (húnào) 變鬼／变鬼 (Min Nan) 變魍／变魍 (Min Nan) 起鬨／起哄 (qǐhòng) 鬧事／闹事 (nàoshì)

Derived terms

秀才造反 秀才造反，三年不成

造反派 (Zàofǎn pài) 造反者 (zàofǎnzhě)

Adjective

造反

1. (Wu) many; a lot

Synonyms

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Synonyms of 造反

一系列 (yīxìliè) 不少 (bùshǎo) 不老少 (bùlǎoshǎo) (colloquial) 儦儦 (biāobiāo) (literary) 千千 (qiānqiān) (literary) 千百 (qiānbǎi) (literary) 好些 (hǎoxiē) 好多 (hǎoduō) 孔多 (kǒngduō) (literary) 延延 (yányán) (literary) 很多 (hěnduō) 浩瀚 (hàohàn)

浩繁 (hàofán) 百 (bǎi) 繁多 (fánduō) 萌生 (méngshēng) (literary) 幾多 (Cantonese) 廣／广 (guǎng) (literary, or in compounds) 廣大／广大 (guǎngdà) (of people) 眾多／众多 (zhòngduō) 許多／许多 (xǔduō) 諸多／诸多 (zhūduō) 颮颮／飑飑 (pòpò) (literary) 𣍐少／𫧃少 (Min Nan)

Dialectal synonyms of 很多 (“many; much; a lot”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		許多, 甚多
Mandarin	Beijing	老些, 老些個
	Taiwan	很多, 好多, 滿多, 許多
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好多
	Hong Kong	好多
	Taishan	好多
Hakka	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當多, 已多
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓋多
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當多, 盡多, 已多
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當多, 已多
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當多, 盡多, 已多
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	真多, 足多
Min Dong	Fuzhou	野濟
Min Nan	Xiamen	真濟, 野濟, 誠濟, 有夠濟
	Quanzhou	真濟, 野濟, 誠濟, 有夠濟
	Zhangzhou	盡濟, 蓋濟, 足濟, 有夠濟
	Taipei	真濟, 誠濟
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	真濟, 誠濟
	Kaohsiung	有夠濟, 足濟, 真濟, 誠濟, 蓋濟
	Yilan	有夠濟, 足濟, 誠濟, 盡濟
	Changhua (Lukang)	真濟, 誠濟
	Taichung	誠濟, 蓋濟, 足濟
	Tainan	有夠濟, 足濟, 真濟, 誠濟, 蓋濟
	Hsinchu	真濟, 誠濟
	Kinmen	足濟, 誠濟
	Penghu (Magong)	真濟, 誠濟
	Penang (Hokkien)	誠濟
	Manila (Hokkien)	野濟, 真濟
Wu	Shanghai	老多, 交關, 交關多, 造反, 行情, 介許多
	Hangzhou	造反