反正

Character by character

• 反fǎn4 strokesHSK 3reverse, opposite, contrary, anti
• 正zhèng5 strokesHSK 1right, proper, correct

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 反正一样。

  Fǎn zhèng yī yàng

  Makes no difference anyway.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 反正. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 正zhèngHSK 1

  straight; upright; proper; main; principal; to correct; to rectify; exactly; just (at that time); right (in that place); (math.) positive

• 正在zhèng zàiHSK 1

  just at (that time); right in (that place); right in the middle of (doing sth)

• 真正zhēn zhèngHSK 2

  genuine; real; true; really; indeed

• 正常zhèng chángHSK 2

  regular; normal; ordinary

• 反应fǎn yìngHSK 3

  to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction

• 正确zhèng quèHSK 2

  correct; sound; right; proper

• 正是zhèng shìHSK 2

  is precisely

• 正式zhèng shìHSK 3

  formal; official

• 反fǎnHSK 4

  contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system

• 反对fǎn duìHSK 3

  to oppose; to be against; to object to

• 正好zhèng hǎoHSK 2

  just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that

• 违反wéi fǎnHSK 5

  to violate (a law)

• 相反xiāng fǎnHSK 4

  opposite; contrary

• 反而fǎn érHSK 4

  on the contrary; instead

• 公正gōng zhèngHSK 5

  just; fair; equitable

• 反映fǎn yìngHSK 4

  to mirror; to reflect; mirror image; reflection; (fig.) to report; to make known; to render

• 正义zhèng yìHSK 5

  justice; righteousness; just; righteous

• 反复fǎn fùHSK 3

  repeatedly; over and over; to upend; unstable; to come and go; (of an illness) to return

• 正当zhèng dàngHSK 6

  honest; reasonable; fair; sensible

• 反抗fǎn kàngHSK 6

  to resist; to rebel

• 正面zhèng miànHSK 7

  front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open

• 反击fǎn jīHSK 7

  to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack

• 纠正jiū zhèngHSK 6

  to correct; to make right

• 反馈fǎn kuìHSK 7

  to send back information; feedback