反顧

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	look after; take into consideration; to attend to
trad. (反顧)		反	顧
simp. (反顾)		反	顾

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎngù

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² gu³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎngù
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄍㄨˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎngù
  - Wade–Giles: fan³-ku⁴
  - Yale: fǎn-gù
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanguh
  - Palladius: фаньгу (fanʹgu)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ku⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan² gu³
  - Yale: fáan gu
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan² gu³
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan² gu³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ kuː³³/

Verb

反顧

(literary) to look back
(literary) to hesitate
(literary) to back out; to go back on one's words

Synonyms

(to hesitate):

彳亍 (chìchù) (literary, figurative)
彷徨 (pánghuáng) (figurative)
徘徊 (figurative)
拿不定主意 (nábùdìng zhǔyì)
游移 (yóuyí)
猶疑 / 犹疑 (yóuyí)
猶豫 / 犹豫 (yóuyù)
疑蟯 / 疑蛲 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
盤桓 / 盘桓 (pánhuán) (figurative)
膩 / 腻 (nyi⁴) (Sichuanese)
踟躇 (chíchú)
踟躕 / 踟蹰 (chíchú)
躊躇 / 踌躇 (chóuchú)
巡巡 (xúnxún) (literary)
逡巡 (qūnxún) (literary)
遲疑 / 迟疑 (chíyí)

Derived terms

不反顧 / 不反顾
義不反顧 / 义不反顾
義無反顧 / 义无反顾 (yìwúfǎngù)
議不反顧 / 议不反顾