IDENTITY
反fǎnopposite; to turn over
HSK 3Top 250
CORE MEANING
opposite; to turn over
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.opposite; to opposeHSK3
- 2.insteadHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 又again radical (yòu)
- strokes
- 4
- Structure
- semi-enclosed compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿸𠂆又
- the cliff
- hand
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
反对fǎnduìto oppose
相反xiāngfǎnon the contrary
反正fǎnzhènganyway
Graded examples
他反对这个计划。Tā fǎnduì zhège jìhuà.HSK4
He opposes this plan.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
A hand (又) turning the cliff (厂) upside down — flipping, opposing.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #250
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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