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反面

fǎn miàn

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

反面 (fǎn miàn) means "reverse side; backside; the other side (of a problem etc)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 反面 means

1. reverse side
2. backside
3. the other side (of a problem etc)
4. negative
5. bad

The characters in 反面

• 反fǎncontrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down
• 面miànface; side; surface

Example sentences

• 人们必须查看硬币的正反面。
  People must examine the front and back of a coin.
• 你把书拿反了，这是反面，这才是正面。
  Nǐ bǎ shū ná fǎn le, zhè shì fǎnmiàn, zhè cái shì zhèngmiàn.
  You're holding the book upside-down. This is upside-down and this is right-side up.

Words starting with 反面

• 反面人物fǎn miàn rén wùnegative character; bad guy (in a story)
• 反面教员fǎn miàn jiào yuán(mainland) teacher by negative example; sb from whom one can learn what not to do
• 反面教材fǎn miàn jiào cáinegative example; sth that teaches one what not to do
• 反面儿fǎn miàn rerhua variant of 反面

Where 反面 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.
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