Chinese symbol for “highlighting”
反白
fǎn bái
reverse type (white on black); reversed-out (graphics); highlighting (of selected text on a computer screen)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for highlighting is 反白 (fǎn bái), defined as: reverse type (white on black); reversed-out (graphics); highlighting (of selected text on a computer screen).
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 反白.
| 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 |
| 明白 | míng bai | clear; obvious; unequivocal; sensible; reasonable |
| 白色 | bái sè | white; fig. reactionary |
See also: Japanese symbol for “highlighting”.
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.