Chinese symbol for “retort”
反驳
fǎn bó
Traditional: 反駁
to retort; to refute
The closest CC-CEDICT match for retort is 反驳 (fǎn bó), defined as: to retort; to refute.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “retort”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 还口 (還口) | huán kǒu | to retort; to answer back |
| 回嘴 | huí zuǐ | to answer back; to retort |
| 抗辩 (抗辯) | kàng biàn | to counter accusations; to protest |
| 反唇相讥 (反唇相譏) | fǎn chún xiāng jī | (idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort |
| 曲颈瓶 (曲頸瓶) | qū jǐng píng | retort; bottle with curved neck |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 反驳.
| 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 |
| 驳回 (駁回) | bó huí | to reject; to turn down |
| 驳斥 (駁斥) | bó chì | to refute; to debunk |
See also: Japanese symbol for “retort”.
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.