CHINESE DICTIONARYWORD
反
HSK 5
反 (fǎn) is an HSK 5 Chinese word with 3 definitions and 6 bilingual examples.
PARTS OF SPEECH3
DEFINITIONS3
EXAMPLES6
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Definitions & Usage
Meanings and examples
adjective 形
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Englishbackwards; opposite
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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.
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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.
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verb 动
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Englishto reverse
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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.
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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.
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adverb 副
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Englishon the contrary
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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.
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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.
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