相反

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	wrong side out or up; anti-
trad. (相反)		相	反
simp. #(相反)		相	反
anagram		反相

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngfǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ faan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-fán
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): siong-hoán / siang-hoán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngfǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangfǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-fan³
    • Yale: syāng-fǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangfaan
    • Palladius: сянфань (sjanfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ faan²
    • Yale: sēung fáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ faan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ faːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-fán
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ fan`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ fan³
    • Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴ fan³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-hoán
    • Tâi-lô: siong-huán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sionghoarn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ huan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁵³/
    • IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-hoán
    • Tâi-lô: siang-huán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sianghoarn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴¹/

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) 相反

1. opposite; reverse

Adverb

(deprecated template usage) 相反

1. on the contrary

Synonyms

• 反倒 (fǎndào)
• 反而 (fǎn'ér)
• 反之 (fǎnzhī)
• (Southwestern Mandarin, Min Nan) 反轉／反转 (fǎnzhuǎn)
• (Min Nan) 反倒轉／反倒转, 起倒

(deprecated template usage)

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
相	反
あい Grade: 3	はん Grade: 3
yutōyomi

Noun

相(あい)反(はん) • (aihan) 

1. contradiction

Verb

相(あい)反(はん)する • (aihan suru) intransitive suru (stem 相(あい)反(はん)し (aihan shi), past 相(あい)反(はん)した (aihan shita))

1. contradict, oppose, compete, conflict

Conjugation

Conjugation of "相反する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	相反し	あいはんし	aihan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	相反し	あいはんし	aihan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	相反する	あいはんする	aihan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	相反する	あいはんする	aihan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	相反すれ	あいはんすれ	aihan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	相反せよ¹ 相反しろ²	あいはんせよ¹ あいはんしろ²	aihan seyo¹ aihan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	相反される	あいはんされる	aihan sareru
Causative	相反させる 相反さす	あいはんさせる あいはんさす	aihan saseru aihan sasu
Potential	相反できる	あいはんできる	aihan dekiru
Volitional	相反しよう	あいはんしよう	aihan shiyō
Negative	相反しない	あいはんしない	aihan shinai
Negative continuative	相反せず	あいはんせず	aihan sezu
Formal	相反します	あいはんします	aihan shimasu
Perfective	相反した	あいはんした	aihan shita
Conjunctive	相反して	あいはんして	aihan shite
Hypothetical conditional	相反すれば	あいはんすれば	aihan sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
相	反

Noun

相反 • (sangban) (hangeul 상반)

1. Hanja form^? of 상반 (“contradiction”).

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Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
相	反

Adjective

相反

1. chữ Hán form of tương phản (“contrary; opposite; contrastive”).