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Chinese symbol for “bounce”

反弹
fǎn tán
Traditional: 反彈
to bounce; to bounce back; to boomerang; to ricochet

The closest CC-CEDICT match for bounce is 反弹 (fǎn tán), defined as: to bounce; to bounce back; to boomerang; to ricochet; rebound (of stock market etc); bounce.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

反 fǎn
reverse, opposite; contrary, anti-
radical 29 ⼜ · 4 strokes
弹 tán
bullet, pellet, shell; elastic, springy
radical 57 ⼸ · 11 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “bounce”

WordPinyinMeaning
弹跳 (彈跳)tán tiàoto bounce; to jump
退票tuì piàoto bounce (a check); to return a ticket
跳票tiào piào(finance) (of a check) to bounce; (fig.) (of a product etc) to fail to be released on schedule
跳tiàoto jump; to hop
蹦bèngto jump; to bounce; to hop

Related words

Other words that share a character with 反弹.

WordPinyinMeaning
反对 (反對)fǎn duìto oppose; to be against; to object to
反应 (反應)fǎn yìngto react; to respond
反映fǎn yìngto mirror; to reflect
违反 (違反)wéi fǎnto violate (a law)
反而fǎn éron the contrary; instead
相反xiāng fǎnopposite; contrary
炸弹 (炸彈)zhà dànbomb; measure word: 枚 (méi), 颗 (kē)
导弹 (導彈)dǎo dàn(guided) missile; measure word: 枚 (méi)

See also: Japanese symbol for “bounce”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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