反而

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	and; as well as; but (not) and; as well as; but (not); yet (not); (shows causal relation); (shows change of state); (shows contrast)
trad. (反而)		反	而
simp. #(反而)		反	而

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎn'ér

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄦˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² ji⁴
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoán-lî / hoán-jî

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎn'ér
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄦˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎn-ér
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-êrh²
    • Yale: fǎn-ér
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanerl
    • Palladius: фаньэр (fanʹer)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ˀɤɻ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² ji⁴
    • Yale: fáan yìh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² ji⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² yi⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ jiː²¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-lî
    • Tâi-lô: huán-lî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnlii
    • IPA (Xiamen): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ li²⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /huan⁵⁵⁴⁻²⁴ li²⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-jî
    • Tâi-lô: huán-jî
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafnjii
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ d͡zi¹³/

Conjunction

1. on the contrary; to the contrary; instead

Synonyms

• 反倒 (fǎndào)
• 反之 (fǎnzhī)
• 相反 (xiāngfǎn)
• (Southwestern Mandarin, Min Nan) 反轉／反转 (fǎnzhuǎn)
• (Min Nan) 反倒轉／反倒转, 起倒

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