Chinese symbol for “reversal”
反转
fǎn zhuǎn
Traditional: 反轉
reversal; inversion; to reverse; to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc)
The closest CC-CEDICT match for reversal is 反转 (fǎn zhuǎn), defined as: reversal; inversion; to reverse; to invert (upside down, inside out, back to front, white to black etc).
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “reversal”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 反转.
| 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 |
| 转移 (轉移) | zhuǎn yí | to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc) |
| 转变 (轉變) | zhuǎn biàn | to change; to transform |
See also: Japanese symbol for “reversal”.
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.