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反倒

fǎn dào

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

反倒 (fǎn dào) means "but on the contrary; but expectedly". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 反倒 means

1. colloquialbut on the contrary; but instead

The characters in 反倒

• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down
• 倒dǎoto fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow

Where 反倒 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fān–fā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fǎn dào correctly.
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