fǎn

opposite; to oppose; against

HSK 4 #237

Character data

HSK 4
Frequency 237th character
Radical ⼜ (29.2)
Strokes 4
Index # 139

Definitions

反 fǎn
  1. 1. opposite
  2. 2. to oppose
  3. 3. against
  4. 4. anti-
  5. 5. to reverse
  6. 6. in reverse
  7. 7. inside out or upside down
  8. 8. instead
  9. 9. to return
  10. 10. to rebel
  11. 11. contrary
  12. 12. to use analogy
  13. 13. abbr. for fǎn qiè phonetic system

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Words containing 反

Word Meaning
antiwar protest
antitrust (loanword)
countercriticism
countercriticism
rebel
fig. everything is going very well.
with hands tied behind the back; trussed
recoil (of a gun)
to counterattack; to retrieve lost ground
to counterattack; to strike back; to beat back
anti-government (protest)
to turn defeat into victory (idiom); to turn the tide
backscatter
(colloquial) grapheme (variant form of Kangxi radical 66, )
backslash (computing)
backslash (computing); reversed diagonal
backslash (computing); reversed diagonal
anti-Japan
theory of reflection (in dialectic materialism), i.e. every perception reflects physical reality
theory of reflection (in dialectic materialism), i.e. every perception reflects physical reality
unconventional
unconventional
counterclockwise
counterclockwise
Anti-Dühring, book by Friedrich Engels ēn gé sī