阿不倒

Chinese

		(phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.) (phonetic character); (final part.); (interj.); flatter; an initial particle; prefix to names of people	not; no	upset; turn over; to tip upset; turn over; to tip; to pour; to go home; to the contrary; inverted; to fall; to collapse; to topple; to change; to fail; bankrupt
simp. and trad. (阿不倒)		阿	不	倒

Pronunciation

Hakka (Sixian, PFS): â-pu̍t-to
Min Nan (POJ): a-put-tó / a-put-táu

Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: â-pu̍t-to
  - Hakka Romanization System: a´ bud do
  - Hagfa Pinyim: a¹ bud⁶ do⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /a²⁴⁻¹¹ put̚⁵ to⁵⁵/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Taichung, Magong)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-put-tó
  - Tâi-lô: a-put-tó
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'putdoir
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /a⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵ to⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /a⁴⁴⁻³³ put̚³²⁻⁴ to⁵³/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁴ to⁵³/
- (Hokkien: Lukang, Kinmen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: a-put-táu
  - Tâi-lô: a-put-táu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: a'putdao
  - IPA (Kinmen): /a⁴⁴⁻²² put̚³²⁻⁵⁴ tau⁵³/
  - IPA (Lukang): /a³³ put̚⁵ tau⁵⁵/

Noun

阿不倒

(Min Nan, Taiwanese Hakka) roly-poly toy (a toy that rights itself when pushed over)

Synonyms

Dialectal synonyms of 不倒翁 (“roly-poly toy”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)		不倒翁
Mandarin	Beijing	扳不倒兒
	Taiwan	不倒翁
	Ulanhot	扳不倒
	Tongliao	扳不倒
	Chifeng	不倒翁
	Bayanhot	不倒翁
	Hulunbuir (Hailar)	扳不倒
	Harbin	扳不倒兒
	Yantai (Muping)	扳不倒兒, 不倒翁
	Jinan	拔不倒子
	Luoyang	不倒翁, 扳不倒
	Wanrong	扳不倒
	Zhengzhou	不倒翁
	Xi'an	不倒翁
	Yinchuan	不倒翁
	Lanzhou	不倒公
	Xining	扳不倒兒, 不倒翁
	Ürümqi	扳不倒兒
	Wuhan	扳不倒
	Chengdu	不倒翁
	Guiyang	不倒翁
	Kunming	扳不倒
	Liuzhou	不倒翁
	Xuzhou	扳不倒兒, 不倒翁
	Yangzhou	扳別倒子
	Nanjing	不倒翁, 扳不倒
Cantonese	Guangzhou	醉酒擰, 醉酒公仔
	Hong Kong	不倒翁
	Dongguan	不倒翁
Gan	Lichuan	不倒翁
Hakka	Meixian	不倒翁
	Yudu	八倒翁
	Miaoli (N. Sixian)	阿不倒
	Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	阿不倒
	Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	阿不倒
	Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	阿不倒
	Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	阿不倒
	Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	阿不倒
Huizhou	Jixi	不倒翁
Jin	Taiyuan	扳不倒兒
	Xinzhou	扳不倒兒
	Taibus (Baochang)	不倒翁
	Linhe	不倒翁
	Jining	不倒翁
	Hohhot	扳不倒
	Baotou	不倒翁
	Dongsheng	不倒翁
	Haibowan	不倒翁
Min Bei	Jian'ou	空不倒
Min Nan	Xiamen	阿不倒
	Zhangzhou	阿不倒, 阿不倒仔
	Taipei	阿不倒
	New Taipei (Sanxia)	阿不倒仔
	Kaohsiung	阿不倒仔
	Yilan	阿不倒仔
	Changhua (Lukang)	阿不倒
	Taichung	阿不倒
	Tainan	阿不倒仔
	Hsinchu	阿不倒仔
	Kinmen	阿不倒
	Penghu (Magong)	阿不倒
	Leizhou	半暝醒公囝
	Haikou	不倒翁
Southern Pinghua	Nanning (Tingzi)	不倒翁
Wu	Shanghai	勃勿倒, 不倒翁, 跌勿倒
	Shanghai (Chongming)	不倒翁
	Suzhou	勃勿倒
	Danyang	弗倒翁
	Hangzhou	不倒翁, 跋不倒兒
	Ningbo	不倒翁
	Wenzhou	打不倒兒
	Jinhua	𨀤不倒兒
Xiang	Changsha	不倒翁