反切 Chinese English dictionary 反切 translate 反切 pinyin

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反切

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Simplified Pīnyīn		English Definition	Traditional HSK
反切 fǎnqiè	反切 \| 反切* \| *反切	traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone

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Character		Tot Str Rad / Str	Mandarin Pīnyīn	Unihan Definition standalone and in compounds	Jyutping Cantonese	Variant Four corner Cangjie
反	反 \| 反* \| *反	4画又 + 2	fǎn, fān	reverse, opposite, contrary, anti	faan2	7124.7 HE


切	切 \| 切* \| *切	4画刀刂 + 2	qiē, qiè, qì	cut, mince, slice, carve	cit3	4772.0 PSH

Word decomposition:

Simplified		English Definition
反切 fǎnqiè	反切 \| 反切* \| *反切	traditional system expressing the phonetic value of a Chinese character using two other characters, the first for the initial consonant, the second for the rhyme and tone


反 fǎn	反 \| 反* \| *反	contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切 phonetic system


切　qiē	切 \| 切* \| *切	to cut; to slice; to carve / (math.) tangential


切　qiè	切 \| 切* \| *切	definitely; absolutely (not) / (scoffing or dismissive interjection) Yeah, right.; Tut! / to grind / (bound form) close to / (bound form) eager / to correspond to / (used to indicate that the fanqie 反切 system should be applied to the previous two characters)