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Mythic Mandarin

反倒 (fǎn dào): meaning and stroke order

反倒 (fǎn dào) means (coll.) but on the contrary; but instead.

反倒

Simplified
反倒
Traditional
反倒 (same form)
Pinyin
fǎn dào

Stroke order of 反倒

反

  • fǎn contrary; in reverse
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

倒

  • dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt
  • dào to invert; to place upside down or frontside back; to pour out
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 反倒

  1. fǎn dào
    • (coll.) but on the contrary; but instead

Radicals of the characters

反
Radical 又 (Kangxi radical 29) · 4 strokes · built from 𠂆 and 又
倒
Radical 人 (Kangxi radical 9) · 10 strokes · 亻 on the left, 到 on the right

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

反倒 in our stories

Preview version — Chinese review in progress.

  • 真龙愣在那里，莫名其妙：他不是最喜欢龙吗？怎么见了我反倒跑了？

    zhēnlóng lèng zài nàli mòmíngqímiào tā bú shì zuì xǐhuan lóng ma zěnme jiàn le wǒ fǎndào pǎo le

    The real dragon stood there, baffled: didn't he love dragons most of all? Why did he run away on seeing me?

    From the story Lord Ye loves dragons HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 反倒

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).