逆
contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel
9 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,006 U+9006
How 逆 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
A disobedient 屰 person 辶; 屰 also provides the pronunciation
components: 辶 屰
How to remember it
go against · Heisig RSH #1939
mountain goat + road
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words containing 逆
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 大逆不道 | dà nì bù dào | disgraceful (of behavior that is unfilial, rebellious or otherwise in grave breach of the … |
| 逆反心理 | nì fǎn xīn lǐ | reverse psychology |
| 不可逆转 | bù kě nì zhuǎn | irreversible |
| 逆流而上 | nì liú ér shàng | to sail against the current; (fig.) to go against the flow |
| 逆生长 | nì shēng zhǎng | to seem to grow younger; to regain one's youthful looks |
| 不可逆 | bù kě nì | irreversible |
| 可逆性 | kě nì xìng | reversibility |
| 逆耳之言 | nì ěr zhī yán | speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths; home truths (that one does not want … |
| 逆定理 | nì dìng lǐ | converse theorem (math.) |
| 逆变器 | nì biàn qì | (electronics) inverter |
| 逆回音 | nì huí yīn | inverted turn (ornament in music) |
| 学如逆水行舟，不进则退 | xué rú nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì | study is like rowing upstream – if you don't keep pushing forward, you fall behind |
| 逆转录病毒 | nì zhuǎn lù bìng dú | reverse transcription virus; retrovirus |
| 逆反应 | nì fǎn yìng | reverse reaction; counterreaction; inverse response |
| 逆向工程 | nì xiàng gōng chéng | reverse engineering |
| 莫逆之交 | mò nì zhī jiāo | intimate friendship; bosom buddies |
| 逆子 | nì zǐ | unfilial son |
| 赤道逆流 | chì dào nì liú | equatorial counter current |
| 水逆 | shuǐ nì | (astrology) Mercury retrograde (abbr. for 水星逆行[shui3 xing1 ni4 xing2]); (coll.) to have a … |
| 逆水 | nì shuǐ | against the current; upstream |