CHINESE DICTIONARYWORD

反

fǎnHSK 5

反 (fǎn) is an HSK 5 Chinese word with 3 definitions and 6 bilingual examples.

PARTS OF SPEECH3
DEFINITIONS3
EXAMPLES6
01

Definitions & Usage

Meanings and examples

1

adjective 形

  1. Englishbackwards; opposite

    • EX
      你把衣服穿反了,标志应该在后面。

      You've got your clothes on backwards; the label should be at the back.

    • EX
      他的意见跟我们正好相反,我们得再讨论一下。

      His opinion is exactly the opposite of ours, so we need to discuss it again.

2

verb 动

  1. Englishto reverse

    • EX
      风太大把雨伞反了过来,我花了一点时间才把它恢复。

      The wind was so strong that it turned my umbrella inside out, and it took me a while to fix it.

    • EX
      他反过手里的卡片,让我们看卡片背面写的字。

      He flipped the card over in his hand and showed us the writing on the back.

3

adverb 副

  1. Englishon the contrary

    • EX
      给他太多的帮助,反会让他失去独立解决问题的能力。

      Giving him too much help may instead make him lose the ability to solve problems independently.

    • EX
      他不但没有生气,反来帮我把问题解决了。

      Not only was he not angry, he even came over to help me solve the problem.