Cantonese Dictionary

反側

faan2 zak1

Mandarin: fan3 ce4

[1] to turn over and over; to toss and turn; be restless [2] disloyal; treacherous; capricious

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反光

faan2 gwong1

Mandarin: fan3 guang1

(of light) [n] reflection; [adj] reflective | general term is '反射'

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反光鏡

faan2 gwong1 geng3

Mandarin: fan3 guang1 jing4

mirror

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反共

faan2 gung6

Mandarin: fan3 gong4

anti-Communist

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反動

faan2 dung6

Mandarin: fan3 dong4

Simplified: 反动

revolution

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反動份子

faan2 dung6 fan6 zi2

Mandarin: fan3 dong4 fen4 zi3

reactionary

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反叛

faan2 bun6

Mandarin: fan3 pan4

[v] to rebel; [n] a rebellion

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反叛份子

faan2 bun6 fan6 zi2

Mandarin: fan3 pan4 fen4 zi3

insurgent; rebel (alternate form of 反叛分子)

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反叛分子

faan2 bun6 fan6 zi2

Mandarin: fan3 pan4 fen4 zi3

insurgent; rebel (occasionally 反叛份子)

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反叛者

faan2 bun6 ze2

Mandarin: fan3 pan4 zhe3

a rebel

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反口覆舌

faan2 hau2 fuk1 sit6

Mandarin: fan3 kou3 fu4 she2

Simplified: 反口复舌

not to keep one's words

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反吐痰運動

faan2 tou3 taam4 wan6 dung6

an anti-spitting campaign

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反向

faan2 hoeng3

Mandarin: fan3 xiang4

opposite direction; reverse

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反向鏟

faan2 hoeng3 caan2

Mandarin: fan3 xiang4 chan3

a backhoe

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反問

faan2 man6

Mandarin: fan3 wen4

[1] to ask a question in reply; to answer a question with a question [2] rhetorical question

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反壟斷法

faan2 lung5 dyun6 faat3

Mandarin: fan3 long3 duan4 fa3

anti-trust law; legislation against monopolies

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反密碼子

faan2 mat6 maa5 zi2

Mandarin: fan3 mi4 ma3 zi5

anticodon

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反射

faan2 se6

Mandarin: fan3 she4

[1] reflex [2] to reflect; to reverberate; reflection; reverberation

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反射動作

faan2 se6 dung6 zok3

reflex action

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反射定律

faan2 se6 ding6 leot6

Mandarin: fan3 she4 ding4 lv4

Law of reflection

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反射療法

faan2 se6 liu4 faat3

Mandarin: fan3 she4 liao2 fa3

reflexology (alternative medicine)

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反對

faan2 deoi3

Mandarin: fan3 dui4

to oppose; to counter; to object; to be against; opposition; objection

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反對數

faan2 deoi3 sou3

Mandarin: fan3 dui4 shu4

[math.] antilogarithm

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反對派

faan2 deoi3 paai3

Mandarin: fan3 dui4 pai4

opposition faction

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反對票

faan2 deoi3 piu3

blackball

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反對黨

faan2 deoi3 dong2

Mandarin: fan3 dui4 dang3

opposition political party/parties

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反導彈

faan2 dou6 daan6*2

Mandarin: fan3 dao3 dan4

anti-missile

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反導彈導彈

faan2 dou6 daan6*2 dou6 daan6*2

Mandarin: fan3 dao3 dan4 dao3 dan4

antimissile missile

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反常

faan2 soeng4

Mandarin: fan3 chang2

[1] unusual; abnormal; perverse; strange; paradoxical [2] abnormality; anomaly; acatastasia; abnormalism

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反常天氣

faan2 soeng4 tin1 hei3

Mandarin: fan3 chang2 tian1 qi4

freaky/eccentric/unusual weather

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