HSK 6 · Verbs

反抗 fǎnkàng “to resist” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 反抗 means

  1. to resist
  2. to rebel against
  3. to rebel

How to say 反抗

  • 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 fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale抗kàng4th tone, falling

反抗 in a sentence

  1. 他没反抗。

    Tā méi fǎnkàng.

    He didn’t resist.

    Sentence #7768008 from Tatoeba

  2. 他常以反抗的态度对我们。

    Tā cháng yǐ fǎnkàng de tàidu duì wǒmen.

    He often takes a defiant attitude towards us.

    Sentence #804499 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 反抗 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 抗 (kàng) with each of its parts in a different colour
抗kàngto resist
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒu
  • 亢high · kàng

How to write 反抗

反 4 strokes · 抗 7 strokes

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

Words related to 反抗

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 抗

抵抗dǐkàng · to resist对抗duìkàng · to resist抗议kàngyì · to protest

More words: Common Verbs

发动fādòng · to start放大fàngdà · to enlarge访问fǎngwèn · to visit防止fángzhǐ · to prevent发扬fāyáng · to carry forward逢féng · to come across封闭fēngbì · to seal off奉献fèngxiàn · to dedicate

FAQs

反抗 (fǎnkàng) means “to resist” or “to rebel against”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it fǎnkàng: fǎn with a 3rd tone, then kàng with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 反抗 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fankang with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 反抗 from the suggestions. Typing fankang into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
反抗 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.