反之

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (反之)		反	之
simp. #(反之)		反	之

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): fǎnzhī

  (Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄓ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² zi¹

• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoán--chi / hoán-chi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnzhī
    • Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄓ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjhih
    • Wade–Giles: fan³-chih¹
    • Yale: fǎn-jr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjy
    • Palladius: фаньчжи (fanʹčži)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: faan² zi¹
    • Yale: fáan jī
    • Cantonese Pinyin: faan² dzi¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: fan² ji¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán--chi
    • Tâi-lô: huán--tsi
  • (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-chi
    • Tâi-lô: huán-tsi
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hoafncy
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴⁴/

Adverb

反之

1. on the contrary; to the contrary; instead

Synonyms

• 反倒 (fǎndào)
• 反倒轉／反倒转 (Hokkien)
• 反而 (fǎn'ér)
• 反轉／反转 (Hokkien, Southwestern Mandarin)
• 相反 (xiāngfǎn)
• 起倒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

 

Derived terms

• 反之亦然 (fǎnzhīyìrán)

 

Japanese

Kanji in this term
反	之
これにはんし
Grade: 3	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 反之 – see the following entry.

【これに反はんし】 [phrase] on the contrary Alternative spellings 此れに反し, 此に反し, 之れに反し

(This term, 反之, is an alternative spelling (literary) of the above term.)