Hanziro

All HSK 3.0 Level 4 words

反而

fǎn'ér

In Mandarin Chinese, 反而 (fǎn'ér) means “(adverb) on the contrary; instead”. It is part of the HSK 4 vocabulary list in the official HSK 3.0 standard.

Meaning

  1. (adverb) on the contrary
  2. instead

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Examples

  • 下雨了,人反而更少了。
    Xiàyǔ le, rén fǎn'ér gèng shǎo le.
    It was raining, so there were fewer people instead.

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