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反映

fǎn yìng

Old HSK 4 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

反映 (fǎn yìng) means "to reflect; to report (a situation, feedback)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 4 in the old six-level list.

What 反映 means

1. to mirror
2. to reflect
3. mirror image
4. reflection
5. (fig.) to report
6. to make known
7. to render

The characters in 反映

• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down
• 映yìng(bound form) to become visible (esp. on a surface or in perception)

Example sentences

• 价格反映着需求。
  Price reflects demand.
• 我的眼睛是一片反映我梦想的海洋。
  Wǒ de yǎnjing shì yī piàn fǎnyìng wǒ mèngxiǎng de hǎiyáng.
  My eyes are an ocean in which my dreams are reflected.
• 一个国家的风俗习惯反映了它的文化。
  The manners and customs of a country reflect its culture.
• 交际者的关系往往会反映在他们之间的距离上。
  Jiāojì zhě de guānxi wǎngwǎng huì fǎnyìng zài tāmen zhījiān de jùlí shàng.
  The relationships of socialisers are often reflected in the distance between them.
• 自然界从来都比试验室的配方或设计院的图纸里所反映的要复杂得多。
  Zìránjiè cónglái dōu bǐshì yàn shì de pèifāng huò shèjì yuàn de túzhǐ lǐ suǒ fǎnyìng de yào fùzá de duō.
  The natural world is always much more complex than formulations in the lab or blueprints in the design office.

Words starting with 反映

• 反映论fǎn yìng lùntheory of reflection (in dialectic materialism), i.e. every perception reflects physical…

Sounds the same

Read fǎn yìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 反应to react; to respond; reaction

Where 反映 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Communication & information (HSK 4), 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 4 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fǎn yìng correctly.
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