# 反倒 (fǎndào)

In Mandarin Chinese, 反倒 (fǎndào) means “on the contrary; instead”. It is part of the HSK 7–9 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

- Meaning: on the contrary; instead
- Pinyin: fǎndào (fan3 dao4)
- HSK 3.0 · Level 7–9

## Examples

- 帮忙反倒害了自己。
  Bāngmáng fǎndào hàile zìjǐ.
  Helping others ended up hurting myself instead.

## Characters

- [反](https://hanziro.com/word/fan-opposite/) (fǎn): opposite; inside out
- [倒](https://hanziro.com/word/dao-actually-however/) (dào): (adv.) actually, however; to pour

https://hanziro.com/word/fan-dao-on-contrary/

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