逆 — Chinese character
逆
nì
to disobey, to rebel; traitor, rebel
- Pinyin
- nì
- Radical
- 162 ⾡ (Walk)
- Strokes
- 10
- Components
- 辶 屰
- Formation
- ideographic — A disobedient 屰 person 辶; 屰 also provides the pronunciation
- Japanese
- 逆 as a kanji
Common words with 逆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 逆转 (逆轉) | nì zhuǎn | to turn back; to reverse |
| 叛逆 | pàn nì | to rebel; to revolt |
| 逆向 | nì xiàng | backwards; reverse direction |
| 逆袭 (逆襲) | nì xí | to counterattack; to strike back; (neologism, attested by 2008) (of an underdog) to go on the offensive; to make an improbable comeback |
| 可逆 | kě nì | reversible; (math.) invertible |
| 逆境 | nì jìng | adversity; predicament |
| 逆行 | nì xíng | to go the wrong way; to go against one-way traffic regulation |
| 逆流 | nì liú | against the stream; adverse current |
| 逆差 | nì chā | adverse trade balance; trade deficit |
| 不可逆转 (不可逆轉) | bù kě nì zhuǎn | irreversible |
| 倒行逆施 | dào xíng nì shī | to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back history |
| 逆天 | nì tiān | (literary) to be in defiance of the natural order; (coll.) extraordinary; incredible |
English words written with 逆
- backwards
- reversing
- adversity
- disgraceful
- reversible
- irreversible
- backfire
- inverter
- oxymoron
- counterclockwise
- undesired
逆 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 1 · Art of War 1 · Mencius 7 · Zhuangzi 23
- Analects 14.33
- Art of War 7.33
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 4A.7
- Mencius 4B.28
- Mencius 5A.4
- Mencius 6B.11
- Zhuangzi Man Among Men
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