Chinese symbol for “conversely”
反过来
fǎn guo lái
Traditional: 反過來
conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction
The closest CC-CEDICT match for conversely is 反过来 (fǎn guo lái), defined as: conversely; in reverse order; in an opposite direction.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “conversely”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 反过来.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 反对 (反對) | fǎn duì | to oppose; to be against; to object to |
| 反应 (反應) | fǎn yìng | to react; to respond |
| 反映 | fǎn yìng | to mirror; to reflect |
| 违反 (違反) | wéi fǎn | to violate (a law) |
| 反而 | fǎn ér | on the contrary; instead |
| 相反 | xiāng fǎn | opposite; contrary |
| 通过 (通過) | tōng guò | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation) |
| 不过 (不過) | bù guò | only; merely |
| 起来 (起來) | qǐ lai | to stand up; to get up; also pr. [qi3lai2] |
See also: Japanese symbol for “conversely”.
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.