"Instead" • Chinese-English Dictionary

DICTIONARY OPTIONS

CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional

PHONETIC : Pinyin Bopomofo EFEO Wade-Giles Yale

反而	fǎn ér	instead / on the contrary / contrary (to expectations)
反	fǎn	contrary / in reverse / inside out or upside down / to reverse / to return / to oppose / opposite / against / anti- / to rebel / to use analogy / instead / abbr. for 反切[fan3 qie4] phonetic system
倒反	dào fǎn	instead / on the contrary / contrary (to expectations)
代币	dài bì	token (used instead of money for slot machines, in game arcades etc)
倒贴	dào tiē	to lose money instead of being paid (i.e. sb should pay me, but is actually taking my money)
哪	na	(emphatic sentence-final particle, used instead of 啊[a5] after a word ending in "n")
辅币	fǔ bì	fractional currency (coin or note of value smaller than the country's unit of currency) / token (used instead of money for slot machines etc)
杏林	xìng lín	forest of apricot trees / (fig.) honorific term for fine doctor (cf Dr Dong Feng 董奉[Dong3 Feng4], 3rd century AD, asked his patients to plant apricot trees instead of paying fees)
冰皮月饼	bīng pí yuè bǐng	snow skin mooncake (with a soft casing which is not baked, instead of the traditional baked pastry casing)
悲歌当哭	bēi gē dàng kū	to sing instead of weep (idiom)
董奉	Dǒng Fèng	Dong Feng, doctor during Three Kingdoms period, famous for refusing fees and requesting that his patients plant apricot trees instead
辣条	là tiáo	spicy sticks, a snack food similar to beef jerky but made with flour or dried beancurd instead of meat