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反

fǎn

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 character level 4 Character

反 (fǎn) means "contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 反 means

1. contrary
2. in reverse
3. inside out or upside down
4. to reverse
5. to return
6. to oppose
7. opposite
8. against
9. anti-
10. to rebel
11. to use analogy
12. instead
13. abbr. for {反切|fǎn qiè} phonetic system

Example sentences

• 他没反抗。
  Tā méi fǎnkàng.
  He did not resist.
• 反正一样。
  Makes no difference anyway.
• 是说反话吗？
  Shì shuō fǎnhuà ma?
  Sarcasm?
• 他反对垄断。
  He was opposed to monopolies.
• 我反对战争。
  I'm against the war.
• 有三票反对。
  Three voted against the idea.

Words starting with 反

• 反对fǎn duìto oppose; to be against; to object to
• 反映fǎn yìngto mirror; to reflect; mirror image
• 反正fǎn zhènganyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side
• 反应fǎn yìngto react; to respond; reaction
• 反而fǎn éron the contrary; instead
• 反复fǎn fùrepeatedly; over and over; to upend
• 反抗fǎn kàngto resist; to rebel
• 反思fǎn sīto think back over sth; to review; to revisit
• 反倒fǎn dào(colloquial) but on the contrary; but instead
• 反馈fǎn kuìto send back information; feedback
• 反感fǎn gǎnto be disgusted with; to dislike; bad reaction
• 反动fǎn dòngreaction; reactionary
• 反驳fǎn bóto retort; to refute
• 反问fǎn wènto ask (a question) in reply; to answer a question with a question; rhetorical question
• 反射fǎn shèto reflect; reflection (from a mirror etc); reflex (i.e. automatic reaction of organism)
• 反面fǎn miànreverse side; backside; the other side (of a problem etc)
• 反之fǎn zhīon the other hand...; conversely...
• 反常fǎn chángunusual; abnormal
• 反省fǎn xǐngto reflect upon oneself; to examine one's conscience; to question oneself
• 反过来fǎn guo láiconversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction
• 反革命fǎn gé mìngcounterrevolutionary
• 反击fǎn jīto strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
• 反响fǎn xiǎngrepercussions; reaction; echo
• 反弹fǎn tánto bounce; to bounce back; to boomerang

Words containing 反

• 相反xiāng fǎnopposite; contrary
• 违反wéi fǎnto violate (a law)
• 造反zào fǎnto rebel; to revolt
• 平反píng fǎnto redress (an injustice); to rehabilitate (sb whose reputation was unjustly sullied)
• 造反派zào fǎn pàirebel faction
• 恰恰相反qià qià xiāng fǎnjust the opposite
• 义无反顾yì wú fǎn gùhonor does not allow one to glance back (idiom); duty-bound not to turn back…
• 条件反射tiáo jiàn fǎn shèconditioned reflex
• 辗转反侧zhǎn zhuǎn fǎn cèto toss and turn restlessly (in the bed)
• 适得其反shì dé qí fǎnto produce the opposite of the desired result
• 举一反三jǔ yī fǎn sānto raise one and infer three; to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
• 三反Sān fǎn"Three Anti" campaign (anti-corruption, anti-waste, anti-bureaucracy), early PRC purge of…
• 一反常态yī fǎn cháng tàicomplete change from the normal state (idiom); quite uncharacteristic…
• 唱反调chàng fǎn diàoto express a different view; to take a different position
• 逆反心理nì fǎn xīn lǐreverse psychology
• 拨乱反正bō luàn fǎn zhèngbring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder
• 肃反sù fǎnto eliminate counterrevolutionaries (abbr. for 肃清反革命分子
• 易如反掌yì rú fǎn zhǎngeasy as a hand's turn (idiom); very easy; no effort at all
• 谋反móu fǎnto plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state
• 化学反应huà xué fǎn yìngchemical reaction
• 连锁反应lián suǒ fǎn yìng(physics) chain reaction; (idiom) chain reaction; series of events each caused by the…
• 正反zhèng fǎnpositive and negative; pros and cons; inside and outside
• 自反zì fǎnto introspect; to self-reflect; (math) reflexive
• 高反gāo fǎnaltitude sickness (abbr. for 高原反应

Characters that look like 反

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 发fāto send out; to show (one's feeling); to issue
• 及jíand; to reach; up to
• 区qūarea; region; district
• 瓦wǎroof tile; abbr. for 瓦特
• 友yǒufriend
• 尻kāo(literary) buttocks; rump; coccyx; sacrum

Sounds the same

Read fǎn, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 返to return (to)
• 払to take; to fetch
• 橎a kind of tree
• 魬sole or flounder

Go deeper

• Every HSK 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• How characters are built from components.
• How to learn Chinese characters.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fǎn correctly.
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