Read Edit View history 反而 fǎn'ér HSK4 on the contrary Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 反而 fǎn'ér on the contrary adverb on the contrary; instead; used to indicate that a result or situation is the opposite of what was expected 因为他有缺点，我反而更尊敬他。 yīnwèi tā yǒu quēdiǎn, wǒ fǎn'ér gèng zūnjìng tā. I respect him all the more because he has faults. Frequency Movie subtitles 11.7 per million appears in 6% of films Written text 52.1 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Cross-References Referenced by 不但 bùdàn反 fǎnSame as 反倒 fǎndào倒反 dàofǎn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
反而 fǎn'ér on the contrary adverb on the contrary; instead; used to indicate that a result or situation is the opposite of what was expected 因为他有缺点，我反而更尊敬他。 yīnwèi tā yǒu quēdiǎn, wǒ fǎn'ér gèng zūnjìng tā. I respect him all the more because he has faults. Frequency Movie subtitles 11.7 per million appears in 6% of films Written text 52.1 per million Details HSK 2.0 Level 5 HSK 3.0 Level 4 Cross-References Referenced by 不但 bùdàn反 fǎnSame as 反倒 fǎndào倒反 dàofǎn Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)