反串

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	to string together; to mix up; to conspire to string together; to mix up; to conspire; to connect; (a measure word); string
trad. (反串)		反	串
simp. #(反串)		反	串

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnchuàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄔㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² cyun³
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-chhoàn

  (Teochew, Peng'im): huang² cuang³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnchuàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄔㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnchuàn
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-chʻuan⁴
    • Yale: fǎn-chwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanchuann
    • Palladius: фаньчуань (fanʹčuanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʰu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² cyun³
    • Yale: fáan chyun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² tsyn³
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² qun³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ t͡sʰyːn³³/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-chhoàn
    • Tâi-lô: huán-tshuàn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnzhoaxn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰuan²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡sʰuan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰuan²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰuan¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡sʰuan²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: huang² cuang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: huáng tshuàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /huaŋ⁵²⁻³⁵ t͡sʰuaŋ²¹³/

Verb

反串

1. to play a role one does not usually play in a performance, often of the opposite gender

   在這部電視劇中他反串了一個女性角色。 [MSC, trad.]
   在这部电视剧中他反串了一个女性角色。 [MSC, simp.]

   Zài zhè bù diànshìjù zhōng tā fǎnchuàn le yī ge nǚxìng juésè. [Pinyin]

   He cross-dressed a female role in this TV show.

2. (Internet) to mimick and ridicule the members of a specific community

See also

• 扮裝／扮装 (bànzhuāng)
• 變裝／变装 (biànzhuāng)
• 易服 (yìfú)
• 易裝／易装 (yìzhuāng)
• 異裝／异装 (yìzhuāng)