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逆

nì

HSK 6 Character

What 逆 means

1. contrary
2. opposite
3. backwards
4. to go against
5. to oppose
6. to betray
7. to rebel

Example sentences

• 逆境出人才。
  Nìjìng chū réncái.
  Adversity makes a man wise, not rich.
• 船逆流航行。
  Chuán nìliú hángxíng.
  The boat is going against the current.
• 他们逆流而上。
  Tāmen nìliú'érshàng.
  They swam against the current.
• 让我们试着逆流而上。
  Ràng wǒmen shìzhe nìliú'érshàng.
  Let's try and swim against the current.
• 这艘船逆风而行缓慢前进。
  Zhè sōu chuán nìfēng ér xíng huǎnmàn qiánjìn.
  The ship made slow progress against the strong wind.
• 我们在河里划着船逆流而上。
  Wǒmen zài hé lǐ huà zhe chuán nìliú'érshàng.
  We rowed up the river against the current.

Words starting with 逆

• 逆转nì zhuǎnto turn back; to reverse
• 逆向nì xiàngbackwards; reverse direction
• 逆境nì jìngadversity; predicament
• 逆差nì chāadverse trade balance; trade deficit
• 逆来顺受nì lái shùn shòuto resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it…
• 逆风nì fēngto go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind
• 逆流nì liúagainst the stream; adverse current; a countercurrent
• 逆行nì xíngto go the wrong way; to go against one-way traffic regulation
• 逆反心理nì fǎn xīn lǐreverse psychology
• 逆光nì guāngbacklighting; light coming from behind the subject (esp. in photography)
• 逆时针nì shí zhēnanticlockwise; counterclockwise
• 逆伦nì lúnunnatural relationship (parricide, incest etc); unfilial conduct; against social morals
• 逆势nì shìto go against the trend
• 逆反nì fǎnrebellious behavior; opposite; ob-
• 逆商nì shāng(psychology) adversity quotient (abbr. for 逆境商数
• 逆天nì tiān(literary) to be in defiance of the natural order; (colloquial) extraordinary; incredible
• 逆子nì zǐunfilial son
• 逆序nì xùinverse order
• 逆心nì xīnunfavorable; undesired
• 逆料nì liàoto foresee; to predict
• 逆旅nì lǚguest-house; inn
• 逆水nì shuǐagainst the current; upstream
• 逆火nì huǒ(of an engine) to backfire
• 逆产nì chǎntraitor's property; breech delivery

Words containing 逆

• 叛逆pàn nìto rebel; to revolt; a rebel
• 不可逆转bù kě nì zhuǎnirreversible
• 大逆不道dà nì bù dàodisgraceful…
• 可逆kě nìreversible; (math) invertible
• 气逆qì nìreverse flow of 气
• 水逆shuǐ nì(astrology) Mercury retrograde (abbr. for 水星逆行…
• 背逆bèi nìto violate; to go against
• 莫逆mò nìvery friendly; intimate
• 违逆wéi nìto disobey; to defy an edict; to violate
• 不可逆bù kě nìirreversible
• 乘法逆chéng fǎ nìmultiplicative inverse (math.)
• 叛逆者pàn nì zhětraitor
• 可逆性kě nì xìngreversibility
• 倒行逆施dào xíng nì shīto go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back history…
• 忠言逆耳zhōng yán nì ěrloyal advice jars on the ears (idiom)
• 莫逆之交mò nì zhī jiāointimate friendship; bosom buddies
• 贸易逆差mào yì nì chātrade deficit; adverse trade balance
• 赤道逆流chì dào nì liúequatorial counter current
• 违天逆理wéi tiān nì lǐlit. violating heaven and reason (idiom); immoral character
• 呃逆è nìto hiccup; to belch
• 悖逆bèi nìcontrary
• 篡逆cuàn nìto rebel; to revolt
• 拂逆fú nìto go against; to do sth contrary to (sb's wishes)
• 诛暴讨逆zhū bào tǎo nìto wipe out the villains (e.g. insurgents, or people of another race)

Characters that look like 逆

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

• 速sùfast; rapid; quick
• 追zhuīto chase; to pursue; to look into
• 递dìto hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order
• 逍xiāoused in 逍遥
• 迸bèngto burst forth; to spurt; to crack
• 迢tiáoremote

Sounds the same

Read nì, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 腻greasy; soft; unctuous
• 泥restrained
• 溺to drown; to indulge; addicted to
• 匿to hide
• 昵familiar; intimate; to approach
• 睨to look askance at
• 伲(dialect) I; my; we
• 衵women's undergarments
• 堄parapet
• 惄distressed; famished
• 秜early-maturing rice
• 氼old variant of 溺