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

(Teochew, Peng'im): siang¹ huêng²

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: xiāngfǎn
  - Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄤㄈㄢˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: siangfǎn
  - Wade–Giles: hsiang¹-fan³
  - Yale: syāng-fǎn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shiangfaan
  - Palladius: сянфань (sjanfanʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯ɑŋ⁵⁵ fän²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: soeng¹ faan²
  - Yale: sēung fáan
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soeng¹ faan²
  - Guangdong Romanization: sêng¹ fan²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sœːŋ⁵⁵ faːn³⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: siông-fán
  - Hakka Romanization System: xiong^ˊ fan^ˋ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: xiong¹ fan³
  - Sinological IPA: /si̯oŋ²⁴ fan³¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siong-hoán
  - Tâi-lô: siong-huán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sionghoarn
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /siɔŋ³³ huan⁵⁵⁴/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁵³/
  - IPA (Taipei): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɔŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴¹/
- (Hokkien: variant in Taiwan, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: siang-hoán
  - Tâi-lô: siang-huán
  - Phofsit Daibuun: sianghoarn
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻²² huan⁵³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /siaŋ⁴⁴⁻³³ huan⁴¹/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: siang¹ huêng²
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: siang huéng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siaŋ³³⁻²³ hueŋ⁵²/

Adjective

相反

opposite; reverse

Adverb

相反

on the contrary; to the contrary; instead

Synonyms

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反之 (fǎnzhī)
反倒 (fǎndào)
反倒轉 / 反倒转 (Hokkien)
反而 (fǎn'ér)
反轉 / 反转 (Hokkien, Southwestern Mandarin)
起倒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Derived terms

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

Japanese

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

Noun

相(あい)反(はん) • (aihan)

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))

contradict, oppose, compete, conflict

Conjugation

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

Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective")	相反し	あいはんし	aihan shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative")	相反し	あいはんし	aihan shi
Shūshikei ("terminal")	相反する	あいはんする	aihan suru
Rentaikei ("attributive")	相反する	あいはんする	aihan suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical")	相反すれ	あいはんすれ	aihan sure
Meireikei ("imperative")	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

Korean

Hanja in this term
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Noun

相反 • (sangban) (hangeul 상반)

hanja form^? of 상반 (“contradiction”)

Vietnamese

chữ Hán Nôm in this term
相	反

Adjective

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