反之

Chinese

		wrong side out or up; anti-	's; him/her/it; this
trad. (反之)		反	之
simp. ^#(反之)		反	之

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fǎnzhī

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄢˇ ㄓ
Cantonese (Jyutping): faan² zi¹
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hoán--chi / hoán-chi

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fǎnzhī
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄢˇ ㄓ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fǎnjhih
  - Wade–Giles: fan³-chih¹
  - Yale: fǎn-jr̄
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: faanjy
  - Palladius: фаньчжи (fanʹčži)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fän²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: faan² zi¹
  - Yale: fáan jī
  - Cantonese Pinyin: faan² dzi¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: fan² ji¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /faːn³⁵ t͡siː⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán--chi
  - Tâi-lô: huán--tsi
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hoán-chi
  - Tâi-lô: huán-tsi
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoafncy
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /huan⁴¹⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /huan⁵³⁻⁴⁴ t͡si⁴⁴/

Adverb

反之

on the contrary; to the contrary; instead

Synonyms

反倒 (fǎndào)
反倒轉 / 反倒转 (Hokkien)
反而 (fǎn'ér)
反轉 / 反转 (Hokkien, Southwestern Mandarin)
相反 (xiāngfǎn)
起倒 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)

Derived terms

反之亦然 (fǎnzhīyìrán)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
反	之
これにはんし
Grade: 3	Jinmeiyō
jukujikun

For pronunciation and definitions of 反之 – see the following entry.

【これに反はんし】

[phrase] on the contrary

Alternative spellings
此れに反し, 此に反し, 之れに反し

(This term, 反之, is an alternative spelling (literary) of the above term.)