# 反正
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fǎnzheng, fǎnzhèng
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ˙ㄓㄥ, ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faan$^2$ zing$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán-chṳn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-chèng
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^5$fe-tsen
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese, Mainland)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnzheng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ˙ㄓㄥ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjhe̊ng
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^3$-chêng$^5$
*** Yale: fǎn-jeng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faan.jeng
*** Palladius: фаньчжэн (fanʹčžɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän²¹⁴ ɖ͡ʐ̥ɤŋ⁴/
** (Standard Chinese, Taiwan)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnzhèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjhèng
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^3$-chêng$^4$
*** Yale: fǎn-jèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjenq
*** Palladius: фаньчжэн (fanʹčžɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$反正 反證 / 反证
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^2$ zing$^3$
*** Yale: fáan jing
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^2$ dzing$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^2$ jing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn³⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán-chṳn
*** Hakka Romanization System: fan$^ˋ$ ziin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fan$^3$ zin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan³¹ t͡sɨn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, Jinjiang, Hui'an, General Taiwanese)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-chèng
*** Tâi-lô: huán-tsìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnzexng
*** IPA (Quanzhou, Jinjiang): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Hui'an): /huan⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡seŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^5$fe-tsen
*** MiniDict: fe$^去$ tsen
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^2$fe-tsen
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /fe³³ t͡sən⁴⁴/

#### Adverb

反正
* anyway; in any case; whatever happens
    From: 2010, Wang Yongping's response after the Wenzhou train collision
    Zhìyú nǐ xìn bu xìn, wǒ fǎnzhèng xìn le. [Pinyin]
    [I don't care] whether you believe it or not, I believe it anyway.

##### Synonyms

* 不管怎樣 / 不管怎样 (bùguǎnzěnyàng)
* 不管怎麼樣 / 不管怎么样 (bùguǎn zěnmeyàng)
* 好歹 (hǎodǎi)
* 好賴 / 好赖 (hǎolài)
* 橫直 / 横直 (héngzhí) (dialectal)
* 橫豎 / 横竖 (héngshù)
* 橫豎橫 / 横竖横 (Northern Wu)
* 死活 (sǐhuó)
* 無論如何 / 无论如何 (wúlùnrúhé)
* 生死 (sen$^1$ si$^3$) (Sichuanese)
* 紅黑 / 红黑 (hong$^2$ he$^2$) (Sichuanese)
* 總之 / 总之 (zǒngzhī)
* 長短 / 长短 (chángduǎn) (literary)
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 長短 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 反正, 不管怎樣, 無論如何 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 反正, 橫豎, 橫直 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 反正, 橫豎 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | 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 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 橫直 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 千急 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 反正 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 反正, 橫豎 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 橫掂, 反正 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (San Tin; Weitou) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Ting Kok) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Tung Ping Chau) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 反正 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 左右 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 反正 |
| Cantonese | Yangjiang | 橫掂 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 橫直 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 橫掂 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 橫直 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 贏輸, 橫直, 橫正, 反正 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 橫掂 |
| Hakka | Huiyang | 橫掂 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 橫掂 |
| Hakka | Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 反正 |
| Hakka | Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 反正 |
| Hakka | Heyuan (Bendihua) | 反正 |
| Hakka | Liannan | 反正 |
| Hakka | Guangzhou (Lütian, Conghua) | 橫掂, 反正 |
| Hakka | Jiexi | 反正 |
| Hakka | Changting | 橫直 |
| Hakka | Ninghua | 反正 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 反正 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 反正 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 反正 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 反正 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 反正 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 橫直 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 橫掂 |
| Hakka | Luchuan | 反正 |
| Hakka | 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 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 橫直 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 橫直 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 橫直, 生成 |
| Southern Min | Dongshan | 橫直 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 橫直 |
| Southern Min | Pingnan (Shangdu) | 反正 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 長短, 反正, 橫直 |
| Southern Min | Shantou (Chaoyang) | 正倒 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 長短, 正倒 |
| Southern Min | Puning | 反正, 正倒 |
| Southern Min | Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 反正 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 橫直 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 橫直 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 橫直 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 反正, 橫直 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi) | 橫掂 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 橫直 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 橫豎, 反正 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 橫豎, 橫道 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 橫直, 到老 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 橫直, 橫去 |
| Xiang | Shuangfeng | 橫直, 紅黑 |

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): fǎnzhèng
    (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): faan$^2$ zing$^3$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fán-chṳn
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-chèng
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnzhèng
*** Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄓㄥˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjhèng
*** Wade–Giles: fan$^3$-chêng$^4$
*** Yale: fǎn-jèng
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjenq
*** Palladius: фаньчжэн (fanʹčžɛn)
*** Sinological IPA : /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂɤŋ⁵¹/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$反正 反證 / 反证
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: faan$^2$ zing$^3$
*** Yale: fáan jing
*** Cantonese Pinyin: faan$^2$ dzing$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: fan$^2$ jing$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /faːn³⁵ t͡sɪŋ³³/
* Hakka
** (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fán-chṳn
*** Hakka Romanization System: fan$^ˋ$ ziin
*** Hagfa Pinyim: fan$^3$ zin$^4$
*** Sinological IPA: /fan³¹ t͡sɨn⁵⁵/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-chèng
*** Tâi-lô: huán-tsìng
*** Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnzexng
*** IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ t͡siɪŋ⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡siɪŋ²¹/
* Middle Chinese: pjonX tsyengH
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 | /pʉɐn$^X$/ | /t͡ɕiᴇŋ$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /pʷiɐn$^X$/ | /t͡ɕiɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /piuɐn$^X$/ | /t͡ɕiæŋ$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /puan$^X$/ | /ciajŋ$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /piuɐn$^X$/ | /t͡ɕiɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /pĭwɐn$^X$/ | /t͡ɕĭɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /pi̯wɐn$^X$/ | /t͡ɕi̯ɛŋ$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | fǎn | zhèng |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | faan$^2$ | zing$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Baxter–Sagart): /*Cə.panʔ teŋ-s/
    (Zhengzhang): /*panʔ tjeŋs/
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014) :
| Character | 反 | 正 |
| Reading # | 2/2 | 2/2 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) | fǎn | zhèng |
| Middle Chinese | ‹ pjon$^X$ › | ‹ tsyeng$^H$ › |
| 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. *[t] 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
* to come back to the correct path
* to come over from the enemy's side

##### Derived terms

* 撥亂反正 / 拨乱反正 (bōluànfǎnzhèng)