反而 fǎn'ér HSK4 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而 ér conjunctionparticle [suffix] (bound form) Suffix used to form certain conjunctions or adverbs, such as in 然而 rán'ér or 因而 yīn'ér.