反正

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Chinese

Etymology 1

wrong side out or up; anti-
just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
 
trad. (反正) 反 正
simp. #(反正) 反 正
anagram 正反

Pronunciation

Adverb

反正

  1. anyway; in any case; whatever happens
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 反正 (“anyway”)
Variety Location Words
Classical Chinese 長短
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 反正, 不管怎樣, 無論如何
Northeastern Mandarin Beijing 反正, 橫豎, 橫直
Taiwan 反正, 橫豎
Singapore 反正
Jilu Mandarin Jinan 反正, 橫豎
Central Plains Mandarin Xi'an 反正
Southwestern Mandarin Chengdu 橫順, 橫豎, 左橫, 紅黑, 高矮, 生死
Wuhan 橫直
Guiyang 千急
Jianghuai Mandarin Yangzhou 反正
Hefei 反正, 橫豎
Cantonese Guangzhou 橫掂
Hong Kong 橫掂, 反正
Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) 橫掂
Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) 橫掂
Hong Kong (Ting Kok) 橫掂
Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) 橫掂
Macau 橫掂
Guangzhou (Panyu) 橫掂
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) 橫掂
Guangzhou (Conghua) 橫掂
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) 反正
Foshan 橫掂
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) 橫掂
Foshan (Shunde) 橫掂
Foshan (Sanshui) 橫掂
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) 左右
Zhongshan (Shiqi) 橫掂
Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) 橫掂
Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) 橫掂
Zhuhai (Doumen) 橫掂
Jiangmen (Baisha) 橫掂
Jiangmen (Xinhui) 橫掂
Taishan 橫掂
Kaiping (Chikan) 橫掂
Enping (Niujiang) 橫掂
Heshan (Yayao) 橫掂
Dongguan 橫掂
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) 反正
Yangjiang 橫掂
Nanning 橫直
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) 橫掂
Gan Nanchang 橫直
Hakka Meixian 贏輸, 橫直, 橫正, 反正
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) 橫掂
Huiyang 橫掂
Dongguan (Qingxi) 橫掂
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) 反正
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) 反正
Heyuan (Bendihua) 反正
Liannan 反正
Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) 橫掂, 反正
Jiexi 反正
Changting 橫直
Ninghua 反正
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 反正
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) 反正
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) 反正
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) 反正
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) 反正
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) 橫直
Hong Kong 橫掂
Luchuan 反正
Senai (Huiyang) 反正
Jin Taiyuan 反正, 橫豎
Northern Min Jian'ou 橫直
Eastern Min Fuzhou 橫直, 好呆
Southern Min Xiamen 橫直, 根拄
Quanzhou 橫直
Yongchun 橫直
Zhangzhou 橫直, 生成
Dongshan 橫直
Tainan 橫直
Pingnan (Shangdu) 反正
Shantou 長短, 反正, 橫直
Shantou (Chaoyang) 正倒
Jieyang 長短, 正倒
Puning 反正, 正倒
Johor Bahru (Teochew) 反正
Leizhou 橫直
Puxian Min Putian 橫直
Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) 橫直
Xianyou 反正, 橫直
Zhongshan Min Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) 橫掂
Southern Pinghua Nanning (Tingzi) 橫直
Wu Shanghai 橫豎, 反正
Suzhou 橫豎, 橫道
Wenzhou 橫直, 到老
Xiang Changsha 橫直, 橫去
Shuangfeng 橫直, 紅黑

Etymology 2

back to; return to (Alternative form of 返)
just (right); main; upright
just (right); main; upright; straight; correct; principle; Chinese 1st month of year
 
trad. (反正) 反 正
simp. #(反正) 反 正
anagram 正反

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 反 正
Reading # 2/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 元 (66) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Open
Division (等) III III
Fanqie 府遠切 之盛切
Baxter pjonX tsyengH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/pʉɐnX/ /t͡ɕiᴇŋH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/pʷiɐnX/ /t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/piuɐnX/ /t͡ɕiæŋH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/puanX/ /ciajŋH/
Li
Rong 		/piuɐnX/ /t͡ɕiɛŋH/
Wang
Li 		/pĭwɐnX/ /t͡ɕĭɛŋH/
Bernhard
Karlgren 		/pi̯wɐnX/ /t͡ɕi̯ɛŋH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		fǎn zhèng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		faan2 zing3
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 反 正
Reading # 2/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		fǎn zhèng
Middle
Chinese 		‹ pjonX › ‹ tsyengH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*Cə.panʔ/ /*teŋ-s/
English reverse (v.) correct (adj., v.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 反 正
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 2968 17178
Phonetic
component 		反 正
Rime
group 		元 耕
Rime
subdivision 		1 0
Corresponding
MC rime 		反 政
Old
Chinese 		/*panʔ/ /*tjeŋs/

Verb

反正

  1. to come back to the correct path
  2. to come over from the enemy's side
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