Cantonese words starting with F

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faan2 se6 zok3 jung6

to turn traitor; to defect

faan2 seon4 soeng1 gei1

反唇相譏反唇相讥

(idiom) to answer back sarcastically; to retort

to think back over sth; to revisit; reflection

verse criticizing officials

反時勢反时势

反時針反时针

counterclockwise

trans- (isomer) (chemistry)

faan2 sik1 zi1 fong1

faan2 sik1 zi1 fong1 syun1

反式脂肪酸

see 反式脂肪[fan3 shi4 zhi1 fang2]

to reflect upon oneself; to question oneself

faan2 sing3 jing1

反聖嬰反圣婴

La Niña (counterpart of El Niño in meteorology)

faan2 siu1 loeng4

返銷糧返销粮

grain bought by the state and resold to areas undergoing a grain shortage

locked in (with the door locked from the outside)

faan2 sou3 zong6

反訴狀反诉状

anti-corruption (policy)

faan2 taam1 fu6

反貪腐反贪腐

anti-corruption

faan2 taam1 wu1

反貪污反贪污

faan2 taan2 hak1

to capsize [written and colloquial]; to die [colloquial]

to return to Taiwan

faan2 tok3 laai1 si1

antitrust (loanword)

to die (for a fish to have its belly up) [colloquial]

restitution; remittance

unexpectedly become… (the opposite)

faan2 wai4 ziu2

反圍剿反围剿

communist attack against the Guomindang's encircle and annihilate campaign

disgusting; horrible

to toss and turn

to oppose smuggling

to answer back; to renege

faan2 zeoi2 wat6

反嘴鷸反嘴鹬

(bird species of China) pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)

on the other hand...

faan2 zi1 jik6 jin4

反知識反知识

anti-intellectual

with hands behind one's back

anyway; to come over from the enemy's side

disproof; reductio ad absurdum

faan2 zing3 faat3

反證法反证法

reductio ad absurdum

faan2 zing3 fu2

anti-government (protest)

faan2 zing3 jat1 joeng6

反正一樣反正一样

whether it's right or wrong doesn't make a lot of difference; as broad as it is long

faan2 ziu3 leot2