倒置法

Chinese

		to place upside down; to invert; to invert	law; method; way law; method; way; Buddhist teaching; Legalist; France (abbrev.)
simp. and trad. (倒置法)		倒置	法

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dàozhìfǎ

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ ㄈㄚˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dàozhìfǎ
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ ㄈㄚˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dàojhìhfǎ
  - Wade–Giles: tao⁴-chih⁴-fa³
  - Yale: dàu-jr̀-fǎ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dawjyhfaa
  - Palladius: даочжифа (daočžifa)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ fä²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/

Noun

倒置法

(grammar, rhetoric) inversion

Japanese

Kanji in this term
倒	置	法
とう Grade: S	ち Grade: 4	ほう Grade: 4
on'yomi

Examples
勝(か)つまでは欲(ほ)しがりません。 Katsu made wa hoshigarimasen. We shall desire nothing until we win. (unmarked) 欲(ほ)しがりません、勝(か)つまでは。 Hoshigarimasen, katsu made wa. Until we win, we shall desire nothing. (inverted)

Etymology

From 倒置(とうち) (tōchi) + 法(ほう) (hō).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) とーちほー [tòóchíhóó] (Heiban – [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [to̞ːt͡ɕiho̞ː]

Noun

倒(とう)置(ち)法(ほう) • (tōchihō) ^{←たうちはふ (tautifafu)^?}

(grammar) inversion

Synonyms

倒置(とうち) (tōchi)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN