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反正

fǎn zhèng

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

反正 (fǎn zhèng) means "anyway; in any case". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 反正 means

1. anyway
2. in any case
3. to come over from the enemy's side

The characters in 反正

• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down
• 正zhèngstraight; upright; proper

Example sentences

• 反正一样。
  Makes no difference anyway.
• 反正已经太晚了。
  Fǎnzhèng yǐjīng tài wǎn le.
  In any case, it's too late.
• 反正你想来天津玩跟我说。
  Fǎnzhèng nǐ xiǎnglái Tiānjīn wán gēn wǒ shuō.
  In any case, just tell me if you want to come to Tianjin for a vacation.
• 反正事情已过去了，那不用再提了。
  Fǎnzhèng shìqing yǐ guòqù le, nà bù yòng zài tí le.
  Anyway the event has already passed, there is no point in mentioning it again.
• 至于你信不信，由你，我反正信了。
  Zhìyú nǐ xìn bù xìn, yóu nǐ, wǒ fǎnzhèng xìn le.
  Whether you believe it or not, I believe it.
• 反正到了二十二岁什幺都知道了，看书还有什幺用呢。
  Anyway, at the age of 22 one knows everything, so what's the use of reading?

Words starting with 反正

• 反正一样fǎn zhèng yī yàngwhether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference…

Words containing 反正

• 拨乱反正bō luàn fǎn zhèngbring order out of chaos; set to rights things which have been thrown into disorder

Sounds the same

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

• 反证disproof; rebuttal; reductio ad absurdum

Where 反正 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Argumentation, Debate & Criticism (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fǎn zhèng correctly.
• Look up another word in the free dictionary.