HSK 6 · Emotions

反感 fǎngǎn “to dislike” in Chinese

Said as fángǎn

Same in Traditional

What 反感 means

  1. to dislike
  2. disgust
  3. aversion
  4. to be disgusted with
  5. bad reaction
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • antipathy

How to say 反感

  • 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 third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale感gǎn3rd tone, dipping

Said as fángǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

反感 in a sentence

  1. 他真的让我很反感。

    Tā zhēn de ràng wǒ hěn fǎngǎn.

    He really turns me off.

    Sentence #13855619 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

  2. 无理由乱发脾气会让别人反感。

    Wú lǐyóu luàn fā píqi huì ràng biéren fǎngǎn.

    Losing your temper for no reason puts people off.

    Sentence #9989853 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 她对被称为懦夫很反感。

    Tā duì bèi chēngwéi nuòfū hěn fǎngǎn.

    She resented being called a coward.

    Sentence #861428 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters

How 反感 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 感 (gǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
感gǎnto feel
  • 咸all · xián
  • 心heart · xīn

Memory aidHeart 心 with 咸 (xián) for the sound: to feel.

How to write 反感

反 4 strokes · 感 13 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

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

Words related to 反感

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反驳fǎnbó · to refute反思fǎnsī · to reflect on

Words with 感

感冒gǎnmào · catch cold感到gǎndào · to feel感兴趣gǎn xìngqù · be interested in感gǎn · (suffix) sense of …感觉gǎnjué · feeling感谢gǎnxiè · (express) thanks感动gǎndòng · to be moved感情gǎnqíng · emotion感受gǎnshòu · to feel感想gǎnxiǎng · impressions

More words: Emotions & Attitudes

惦记diànjì · to keep thinking about敌视díshì · to be hostile to丢人diūrén · to lose face恩怨ēnyuàn · old grudges废寝忘食fèiqǐnwàngshí · so absorbed one forgets to eat and sleep愤怒fènnù · anger服气fúqì · to be convinced尴尬gāngà · awkward

FAQs

反感 (fǎngǎn) means “to dislike” or “disgust”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǎngǎn: fǎn with a 3rd tone, then gǎn with a 3rd tone. In speech it sounds like fángǎn. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 反感 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fangan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 反感 from the suggestions. Typing fangan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
反感 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.