反而 (fǎn'ér) means Contrary (instead). Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
From the graded readers
后来我慢慢发现，休息以后我做事 反而 更快了。
hòulái wǒ mànmàn fāxiàn, xiūxi yǐhòu wǒ zuòshì fǎn'ér gèng / gēng kuài le / liǎo / liào.
Then I gradually noticed that after resting I actually worked faster.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Facing Pressure
四年里说了那么多话，最后十分钟 反而 说不出来。
sìnián lǐ shuōle nàme duō huà, zuìhòu shífēn zhōng fǎn'ér shuō bùchū lái.
Four years of talking, and in the last ten minutes we couldn't manage anything.
Graded reader · HSK 4 · Saying Goodbye
Questions about 反而
How is 反而 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 反而 (fǎn'ér, "Contrary (instead)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Is 反而 an HSK word?
Yes — 反而 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 反而?
The dictionary page for 反而 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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