反倒
fǎndào
instead; on the contrary
Characters in this word
倒 dǎo
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 亻 — man, person
- Made of
- 亻 man, person 到 to go to, to arrive
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 他原本想解释清楚，话说得太急反倒让误会更深。 Tā yuánběn xiǎng jiěshì qīngchu, huà shuō de tài jí fǎndào ràng wùhuì gèng shēn. He originally wanted to explain things clearly, but speaking too hastily instead deepened the misunderstanding.
- 他没有生气，反倒笑着向我道歉。 Tā méiyǒu shēngqì, fǎndào xiàozhe xiàng wǒ dàoqiàn. He was not angry; instead he smiled and apologised to me.
- 吃了药以后，病没好，反倒更难受了。 Chī le yào yǐhòu, bìng méi hǎo, fǎndào gèng nánshòu le. After taking the medicine I did not get better, but felt even worse.
Related words
- 反对 fǎnduì to oppose
- 反复 fǎnfù again and again
- 反应 fǎnyìng to react
- 反正 fǎnzhèng anyway
- 反 fǎn opposite; reversed
- 反而 fǎn'ér instead; on the contrary
- 反映 fǎnyìng to report; to reflect
- 相反 xiāngfǎn opposite
- 违反 wéifǎn to violate; to go against
- 反馈 fǎnkuì to give feedback
- 反思 fǎnsī to reflect, to think back
- 反驳 fǎnbó to refute; to rebut