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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 反复

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
反复 fǎn fù - variant of 反覆|反复[fan3 fu4]
反复 fǎn fù - repeatedly
- over and over
- to upend
- unstable
- to come and go
- (of an illness) to return

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
5 3 6,362 2,889 4,324

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
fǎn- contrary
- in reverse
- inside out or upside down
- to reverse
- to return
- to oppose
- opposite
- against
- anti-
- to rebel
- to use analogy
- instead
- abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
- to go and return
- to return
- to resume
- to return to a normal or original state
- to repeat
- again
- to recover
- to restore
- to turn over
- to reply
- to answer
- to reply to a letter
- to retaliate
- to carry out
- to repeat
- to double
- to overlap
- complex (not simple)
- compound
- composite
- double
- diplo-
- duplicate
- overlapping
- to duplicate
- variant of 復|复[fu4]
- to reply to a letter

Other Words Containing 反复

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
反复 5 3 6,362 2,889 4,324
反复无常 - - 19,878 49,776 32,443
反反复复 - - 21,763 28,251 15,833