反倒 fǎndào HSK7 on the contrary Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 反 fǎn adverbconjunction on the contrary instead; on the contrary; equivalent to 反而 fǎn'ér or 反倒 fǎndào倒 dào adverb [unexpected/contrary] Used to show that something is contrary to what was expected, thought, or intended.