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[1] [adj] opposite; upside down; inside out [2] [v] turn over; reverse; turn around [3] [v] combat; oppose; go against [4] [v] counter; return; rebuke [5] [adv] on the contrary; instead Additional PoS: Stroke count: 4
Level: 1
Radical: 又 (#29)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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Don't confuse with: 友 |
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食碗面反碗底 sik6 wun2 min6 faan2 wun2 dai2 = Go back upon somebody. Play somebody false. Betray a friend. (lit. to eat from a bowl and then turn it over) 粵 唱反調 coeng3 faan2 diu6 = to express a different view; to take a different position; play devil's advocate 反鎖 faan2 so2 = locked in (with the door locked from the outside) 反對 faan2 deoi3 = to oppose; to counter 反而 faan2 ji4 = on the contrary 反動 faan2 dung6 = reactionary 反向 faan2 hoeng3 = opposite direction; reverse 反應 faan2 jing3 = to react; reaction 反正 faan2 zing3 = anyhow; anyway; in any case 反對派 faan2 deoi3 paai3 = opposition faction See all 158 compounds (CantoDict reports 172 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations) |
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Showing all 7 examples containing 反
你別這麼出爾反爾嘛﹗剛纔說要去﹐現在說不要了 — 你到底去不去啊﹖ 國
Stop changing your mind! A while ago, you said you wanted to go, but now you say you don't want to--are you really going or aren't you?
隨口講佢著衫獨沽一味,點知佢借啲意隔日就買反一櫃嘅新衫 粵
I was merely commenting she's always wearing the same clothes; little did I know that she would use it as an opportunity to buy herself a whole cupboard of new clothes the next day.
原來係噉,反而係我畀你嚇一跳添 粵
On the contrary, it's me that's scared by you! [Lit. Originally like that, on the contrary it's me by you scared (particle) 原來係噉 is a useful phrase with no readily translatable meaning. (At least not consistently.)]
佢發嚫脾氣就會反枱 粵
He overturns tables whenever he gets angry. [Lit. He send-out each-time anger then will reverse-tables.] Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |