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反而 fǎnér

反而 fǎnér Meaning

Learn the Pinyin Pronunciation and 3 English Translations of the word 反而 fǎnér .

Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fǎnér | fan3 er2
English translation
instead
on the contrary
contrary (to expectations)

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Traditional form

反而 fǎnér

Part of speech

Conjunction / 连词 lián cí Lián cí
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Etymology of 反而 fǎnér

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fǎn

Type

ideographic

Explanation

Pictograph of a hand ( yòu ) climbing a cliff ( hǎn ). Based on original meaning "pull", later extended to "turn around", "oppose".

Positional decomposition

厂又

Number of Strokes

4
ér

Explanation

Originally a pictograph of a beard, now written as Ér . The current use as a conjunction is a phonetic loan.

Positional decomposition

Number of Strokes

6

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Example sentences using 反而 fǎnér

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de 解释 jiěshì 不但 bùdàn 没帮 de máng , 反而 fǎnér 她搞糊 le .

Instead of helping her, his explanation only mixed her up.

zhè Xīn 朋友 péngyou 似乎 sìhū shì 来得 lái de 如此 rú cǐ gòu rén ài , dàn què 不知 bù zhī zěn de ,反而 fǎnér lǎn 注意 zhùyì dào 这些 zhè xiē shì .

My new friend is so attractive, yet I hardly pay any attention to this.

fēng 不但 bùdàn méi tíng ,反而 fǎnér Yuè guā Yuè le .

Instead of abating, the wind is blowing even harder.

shuì 实在 shízài de méi bāng shǎng máng 反而 fǎnér Chéng le 累赘 léi zhuì

To be honest, she was more of a hindrance than a help.

dāng 我们 wǒmen 感到 gǎn dào 愤怒 fènnù shí 压抑 yāyì 这种 zhè zhǒng 情绪 qíngxù 反而 fǎnér huì 觉得 juéde 内疚 nèi jiù

When we feel anger, we bury the emotion and feel guilty instead.

反而 fǎnér Decomposition

See the 2 Chinese characters that make up 反而 fǎnér and their own compounds.

反而 fǎnér Compounds

See all 119 Chinese words that contain the characters that make up the word 反而 fǎnér in their composition.

  • fǎn
    • bǎn
    • bān
    • fàn , bǎn , pàn , fàn , fǎn , bǎn , bǎn , guī , bǎn , jiǎ , bǎn , Biàn , fàn , pān , bǎn , fǎn , , , , , bǎn , fàn , , fàn
  • ér
      • nuò , , , , , nuò , , ruán , , , , nòu , ruǎn , ruǎn , , nào , , , ér , , , , 嶿, , , , , , , ,
    • ruǎn
      • ruán , ruǎn , réng , nuǎn , , , , , , , , , , ,
    • duān
      • ruì , duān , chuǎn , chuài , chuāi , tuān , zhuì , chuí , chuán , duān , zhuān , , , duān , , , , , , , , , , , zhuān
    • Shuǎ , nài , zhāi , ér , , ér , ér , Ér , ér , ér , Ér , ér , , , , , , , , , , ér
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