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Mythic Mandarin

反正 (fǎn zhèng): meaning and stroke order

反正 (fǎn zhèng) means anyway, in any case, to come over from the enemy's side.

反正

Simplified
反正
Traditional
反正 (same form)
Pinyin
fǎn zhèng

Stroke order of 反正

反

  • fǎn contrary; in reverse
  • 4 strokes

Stroke by stroke

正

  • zhēng first month of the lunar year
  • zhèng straight; upright
  • 5 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 反正

  1. fǎn zhèng
    • anyway
    • in any case
    • to come over from the enemy's side

Radicals of the characters

反
Radical 又 (Kangxi radical 29) · 4 strokes · built from 𠂆 and 又
正
Radical 止 (Kangxi radical 77) · 5 strokes · 一 on top, 止 below

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.

反正 in our stories

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  • 他想，反正也没时间拍视频了，干脆一边干活一边直播，就把手机支在了厨房的角落里。

    tā xiǎng fǎnzhèng yě méi shíjiān pāi shìpín le gāncuì yìbiān gànhuó yìbiān zhíbō jiù bǎ shǒujī zhī zài le chúfáng de jiǎoluò lǐ

    He thought that since he had no time to film anyway, he might as well livestream while he worked, so he propped his phone up in a corner of the kitchen.

    From the story Pulling noodles is a workout too HSK 7–9 · Level 8

  • 她慢慢落到了气球后面，脑子里只有一个念头：放弃吧，反正也没有人在乎。

    tā mànmàn luò dào le qìqiú hòumiàn nǎozi lǐ zhǐ yǒu yí gè niàntou fàngqì ba fǎnzhèng yě méiyǒu rén zàihu

    She slowly fell behind the balloon, with only one thought in her head: give up, nobody cares anyway.

    From the story The four-hour balloon HSK 7–9 · Level 9

Stories using 反正

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).