HSK 6 · Verbs

反驳 fǎnbó “to refute” in Chinese

Traditional 反駁

What 反驳 means

  1. to refute
  2. to rebut
  3. to retort

How to say 反驳

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale反fǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the second tone: rises from mid to high, 3 to 5 on the five-level scale驳bó2nd tone, rising

反驳 in a sentence

  1. 他们认为，去反驳一个不认识的人有些不礼貌。

    Tāmen rènwéi, qù fǎnbó yí ge bú rènshi de rén yǒuxiē bù lǐmào.

    They think it’s a bit rude to contradict someone they don’t know.

    Sentence #2052135 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我不打算反驳你的论点。

    Wǒ bù dǎsuàn fǎnbó nǐ de lùndiǎn.

    I don’t intend to refute your argument.

    Sentence #13876601 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

  3. 那你就可以反驳他。

    Nà nǐ jiù kěyǐ fǎnbó tā.

    Then you can refute him.

    Sentence #13876586 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 反驳 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 反 (fǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
反fǎncontrary
  • 厂cliff · hǎn
  • 又again · yòu
The character 驳 (bó) with each of its parts in a different colour
驳bóvariegated
  • 马horse · mǎMeaning part
  • 爻trigram · yáoSound part

马 hints at the meaning (horse); 爻 (yáo) hints at the sound. Compare it with bó.

How to write 反驳

反 4 strokes · 驳 7 strokes

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反驳 (fǎnbó) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 反驳 (fǎnbó). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 反驳

Words with 反

反对fǎnduì · to oppose相反xiāngfǎn · opposite反映fǎnyìng · to reflect反应fǎnyìng · to react违反wéifǎn · to violate (a law)反而fǎn'ér · on the contrary反复fǎnfù · repeatedly反正fǎnzhèng · anyway反思fǎnsī · to reflect on反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question

More words: Thinking & Talking

督促dūcù · to supervise and urge对照duìzhào · to compare发呆fādāi · to stare blankly发觉fājué · to discover反思fǎnsī · to reflect on反问fǎnwèn · to ask a rhetorical question发誓fāshì · to swear分辨fēnbiàn · to distinguish

FAQs

反驳 (fǎnbó) means “to refute” or “to rebut”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǎnbó: fǎn with a 3rd tone, then bó with a 2nd tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 反驳 is written 反駁. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fanbo with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 反驳 from the suggestions. Typing fanbo into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
反驳 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.