相反

相反

Chinese

		each other; appearance; portrait each other; appearance; portrait; picture; one another; mutually	wrong side out or up; anti-
trad. (相反)		相	反
simp. #(相反)		相	反
anagram		反相

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiāngfǎn

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄢˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): soeng¹ faan²
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): siông-fán
• Min Nan (POJ): siong-hoán / siang-hoán

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngfǎn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤ ㄈㄢˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: siangfǎn
    • Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-fan³
    • Yale: syāng-fǎn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangfaan
    • Palladius: сянфань (sjanfanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕjɑŋ⁵⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: soeng¹ faan²
    • Yale: sēung fáan
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ faan²
    • Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ fan²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ faːn³⁵/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-fán
    • Hakka Romanization System: xiong´ fan`
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ fan³
    • Sinological IPA: /ɕi̯oŋ²⁴ fan³¹/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-hoán
    • Tâi-lô: siong-huán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sionghoarn
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ɕiɔŋ³³ huan⁵⁵⁴/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕiɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁵³/
  • (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-hoán
    • Tâi-lô: siang-huán
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sianghoarn
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁵³/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴¹/

Adjective

相反

1. opposite; reverse

Adverb

相反

1. on the contrary; to the contrary; instead

Synonyms

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反之 (fǎnzhī) 反倒 (fǎndào) 反而 (fǎn'ér)

起倒 (Min Nan) 反倒轉／反倒转 (Min Nan) 反轉 (Southwestern Mandarin, Min Nan)

Derived terms

相反相成 (xiāngfǎnxiāngchéng) 相反數／相反数 (xiāngfǎnshù)

相反詞／相反词

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
相	反
あい Grade: 3	はん Grade: 3
yutōyomi

Noun

相(あい)反(はん) • (aihan) 

1. contradiction

Verb

相(あい)反(はん)する • (aihan suru) intransitive suru (stem 相(あい)反(はん)し (aihan shi), past 相(あい)反(はん)した (aihan shita))

1. contradict, oppose, compete, conflict

Conjugation

Conjugation of "相反する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms
Imperfective (未然形)	相反し	あいはんし	aihan shi
Continuative (連用形)	相反し	あいはんし	aihan shi
Terminal (終止形)	相反する	あいはんする	aihan suru
Attributive (連体形)	相反する	あいはんする	aihan suru
Hypothetical (仮定形)	相反すれ	あいはんすれ	aihan sure
Imperative (命令形)	相反せよ¹ 相反しろ²	あいはんせよ¹ あいはんしろ²	aihan seyo¹ aihan shiro²
Key constructions
Passive	相反される	あいはんされる	aihan sareru
Causative	相反させる 相反さす	あいはんさせる あいはんさす	aihan saseru aihan sasu
Potential	相反できる	あいはんできる	aihan dekiru
Volitional	相反しよう	あいはんしよう	aihan shiyō
Negative	相反しない	あいはんしない	aihan shinai
Negative continuative	相反せず	あいはんせず	aihan sezu
Formal	相反します	あいはんします	aihan shimasu
Perfective	相反した	あいはんした	aihan shita
Conjunctive	相反して	あいはんして	aihan shite
Hypothetical conditional	相反すれば	あいはんすれば	aihan sureba
¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative

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Korean

Hanja in this term
相	反

Noun

相反 • (sangban) (hangeul 상반)

1. Hanja form^? of 상반 (“contradiction”).

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Vietnamese

Hán tự in this term
相	反

Adjective

相反

1. chữ Hán form of tương phản (“contrary; opposite; contrastive”).