倒豎蔥
Chinese
| to stand up on end | scallion; green onion | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| trad. (倒豎蔥/倒豎葱) | 倒豎 | 蔥/葱 | |
| simp. (倒竖葱) | 倒竖 | 葱 | |
| alternative forms | 倒樹蔥／倒树葱 | ||
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: dou3 syu6 cung1
- Yale: dou syuh chūng
- Cantonese Pinyin: dou3 sy6 tsung1
- Guangdong Romanization: dou3 xu6 cung1
- Sinological IPA (key): /tou̯³³ syː²² t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Verb
倒豎蔥
- (Cantonese) to stand upside down; to do a handstand
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 倒立 (“to do a handstand; to stand upside down”) [map]
| Variety | Location | Words |
|---|---|---|
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 倒立, 拿大頂, 拿頂 | |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 倒立 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 倒豎蔥, 倒掟頭 |
| Hong Kong | 倒豎蔥, 倒立 | |
| Hakka | Meixian | 𤊶翻企, 𤊶倒企, 縱直竹 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 徛飛魚, 倒栽 |
| Quanzhou | 徛飛魚 | |
| Zhangzhou | 徛騰 | |
| Tainan | 倒栽, 倒頭徛 | |
| Shantou | 顛倒徛, 顛倒頭 | |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 企顛溜 |
| Xianyou | 企顛溜 | |
| Wu | Shanghai | 丁倒立, 豎蜻蜓, 豎煙囪 |
| Shanghai (Jiading) | 頂倒裡立, 豎蜻蜓, 頂倒爬 | |