(fǎn zhèng) - anyway, in any case, regardless in Mandarin
fǎnzhèngTraditional: 反正
HSK 4
#778 of 5,000 Core 1000
Translation
anyway, in any case, regardless
Word origin
A compound pairing the opposites 反 (fan) 'reverse, opposite' and 正 (zheng) 'upright, correct'. The 'whether reversed or upright' sense yields 'anyway, in any case'.
- Origin
- compound
- Root
- 反 (fan, 'reverse') + 正 (zheng, 'upright, correct')
Stroke order
反
正
Examples
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I'm not going anyway.
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It won't help even if you say so anyway.
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The result is the same anyway.
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Anyway, I'm not going.
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In any case, you wouldn't understand.
反正 (fǎn zhèng) means anyway, in any case, regardless. It is used as an adverb in everyday Mandarin speech.
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