顛覆

See also: 顚覆 and 転覆

Chinese

		inverted; jolt; top	to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter to cover; to overflow; to reply to a letter; to overturn; to capsize
trad. (顛覆)		顛	覆
simp. (颠覆)		颠	覆

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): diānfù

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢㄈㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): din¹ fuk¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): tian-hok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: diānfù
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢㄈㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: dianfù
  - Wade–Giles: tien¹-fu⁴
  - Yale: dyān-fù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dianfuh
  - Palladius: дяньфу (djanʹfu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ fu⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: din¹ fuk¹
  - Yale: dīn fūk
  - Cantonese Pinyin: din¹ fuk⁷
  - Guangdong Romanization: din¹ fug¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /tiːn⁵⁵ fʊk̚⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: tian-hok
  - Tâi-lô: tian-hok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: dienhog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /tiɛn³³ hɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻²² hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Taipei): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /tiɛn⁴⁴⁻³³ hɔk̚³²/

Verb

顛覆 (transitive)

to turn over; to overturn (physically)
to subvert (power, authority); to topple (a government); to defy (an idea, concept); to turn upside down

Synonyms

(to subvert):

傾覆 / 倾覆 (qīngfù)
打倒 (dǎdǎo)
打垮 (dǎkuǎ)
打敗 / 打败 (dǎbài)
扳倒 (bāndǎo) (figurative)
推翻 (tuīfān)
擊敗 / 击败 (jībài)
破 (pò) (literary, or in compounds)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
顛	覆
てん Hyōgai	ふく > ぷく Grade: S
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
顚覆 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 顛覆 – see the following entry.

【転覆てんぷく】

[noun] capsizing, overturn

[verb] (intransitive)

[verb] to overturn (physically)

[verb] (of a government, authority) to be overthrown

[verb] (transitive)

[verb] to overthrow (physically)

[verb] to subvert (a government, authority)

(This term, 顛覆, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)