反

fǎn

“Contrary” in Chinese is 反 (fǎn).

Other characters with the syllable fan: see all 13 →

Meaning

contrary
in reverse
inside out or upside down

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to reverse
to return
to oppose
opposite
against
anti-
to rebel
to use analogy
instead
abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system

Example

我没有反对你。

I'm not disagreeing with you.

From 反对 · Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Stroke Order

4 strokes

Words containing 反

反对fǎnduìto oppose; to be against; to object toHSK 3 反复fǎnfùrepeatedlyHSK 3 反应fǎnyìngto reactHSK 3 反正fǎnzhènganywayHSK 3 反而fǎn'éron the contrary; insteadHSK 4 反映fǎnyìngto mirrorHSK 4 相反xiāngfǎnoppositeHSK 4 违反wéifǎnto violate (a law)HSK 5

More HSK 3 characters

按ànto pressHSK 3 把bǎto hold; to graspHSK 3 搬bānto move (i.e. relocate oneself)HSK 3 保bǎoBulgaria (abbr. for 保加利亞|保加利亚[Bao3 jia1 li4 ya4])HSK 3 被bèiquiltHSK 3 币bìmoneyHSK 3 标biāomarkHSK 3 并bìngandHSK 3 播bōto sow (seeds); to spread (ideas, rumors etc); to broadcast (radio signals etc)HSK 3 补bǔto repairHSK 3

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