倒吊

Chinese

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
 
to hang; to suspend
simp. and trad.
(倒吊)

Pronunciation


Verb

倒吊

  1. to place upside down; to invert; to suspend upside down
  2. (Mainland China and Philippine Hokkien, figurative) to invert; to place in an improper order

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • 倒吊人 (dàodiàorén)
  • 倒吊冇滴墨水
  • 倒吊子
  • 倒吊枋
  • 倒吊沙煲
  • 倒吊無墨水 / 倒吊无墨水
  • 倒吊荷包
  • 倒吊蠟燭 / 倒吊蜡烛
  • 倒吊行

Noun

倒吊

  1. (Taiwanese Hokkien) bugeye squeaker (Synodontis contractus)