逆行

Chinese

		contrary; opposite; backwards contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel	to go; to do; capable to go; to do; capable; all right; competent; OK; to travel; temporary; to walk; will do; behaviour; conduct; a row; profession; professional
trad. (逆行)		逆	行
simp. #(逆行)		逆	行

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): nìxíng

  (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jik⁶ hang⁴

• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): gia̍k-hêng / ge̍k-hêng

  (Teochew, Peng'im): gêh⁸ gian⁵

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: nìxíng
    • Zhuyin: ㄋㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: nìsíng
    • Wade–Giles: ni⁴-hsing²
    • Yale: nì-syíng
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nihshyng
    • Palladius: нисин (nisin)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ni⁵¹ ɕiŋ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jik⁶ hang⁴
    • Yale: yihk hàhng
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jik⁹ hang⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: yig⁶ heng⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɪk̚² hɐŋ²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: gia̍k-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: gia̍k-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: giagheeng
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɡiak̚²⁴⁻² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ge̍k-hêng
    • Tâi-lô: gi̍k-hîng
    • Phofsit Daibuun: gegheeng
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɡiɪk̚¹²¹⁻²¹ hiɪŋ¹³/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɡiɪk̚⁴⁻³² hiɪŋ²⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: gêh⁸ gian⁵
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: ke̍h kiâⁿ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /keʔ⁴⁻² kĩã⁵⁵/

Verb

逆行 (intransitve)

1. (of vehicles) to go in the wrong direction; to drive against traffic
2. (astronomy) to retrograde
3. (neologism) to be contrary to the common run

   逆行者  ―  nìxíngzhě  ―  hero in harm's way

   如今在德國數十條街道以Georg Elser的名字命名，還有多座紀念碑為其矗立，以紀念這位孤獨逆行的勇者。 [MSC, trad.]
   如今在德国数十条街道以Georg Elser的名字命名，还有多座纪念碑为其矗立，以纪念这位孤独逆行的勇者。 [MSC, simp.]

   Rújīn zài Déguó shùshí tiáo jiēdào yǐ Georg Elser de míngzì mìngmíng, háiyǒu duō zuò jìniànbēi wèi qí chùlì, yǐ jìniàn zhèwèi gūdú nìxíng de yǒngzhě. [Pinyin]

   Dozens of streets in Germany are named after Georg Elser, multiple monuments standing in his honor, commemorating this solitary warrior who defied the tide.

Derived terms

• 逆行者 (nìxíngzhě)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (逆行):

• → Japanese: 逆行(ぎゃっこう) (gyakkō)
• → Korean: 역행(逆行) (yeokhaeng)