反
fǎn HSK3

reverse

反 fǎn
oppose verb
to oppose, be against, or anti-

我们要在全社会提倡节约，坚决反浪费。

wǒ​men yào zài quán shè​huì tí​chàng jié​yuē, jiān​jué fǎn làng​fèi.

We should advocate for frugality throughout society and resolutely oppose waste.

reversed adjective
inside out, upside down, or in the wrong direction

你把袜子穿反了。

nǐ bǎ wà​zi chuān fǎn le.

You've put your socks on inside out.

fanqie verb
abbreviation for the fanqie phonetic system

反切是中国古代的一种注音方法。

fǎn qiè shì Zhōng​guó gǔ​dài de yī zhǒng zhù​yīn fāng​fǎ.

Fanqie is a method of indicating pronunciation used in ancient China.

opposite adjective
the contrary or reverse side of something

这枚硬币的正反两面图案是一样的。

zhè méi yìng​bì de zhèng fǎn liǎng miàn tú'àn shì yī​yàng de.

The patterns on both sides of this coin are the same.

analogy idiom
to use analogy or infer by example

他善于举一反三，学习效率很高。

tā shàn​yú jǔ yī fǎn sān, xué​xí xiào​lǜ hěn gāo.

He is good at learning by analogy, which makes him a very efficient student.

instead adverb
on the contrary; instead of expected

雨不仅没停，反下得更大了。

yǔ bù​jǐn méi tíng, fǎn xià de gèng dà le.

The rain didn't stop; on the contrary, it started coming down harder.

rebel verb
to rebel or revolt against authority

那名将领最终决定反了，率部投奔了敌军。

nà míng jiàng​lǐng zuì​zhōng jué​dìng fǎn le, shuài​bù tóu​bèn le dí​jūn.

The general finally decided to rebel and led his troops to defect to the enemy.

Frequency
Character
Written text
237th most common 937.4 per million
Movie subtitles
433rd most common 339.9 per million appears in 79% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
51.6 per million appears in 18% of films
Written text
127.8 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 3
Strokes
4
Unicode
U+53CD

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)