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反而

fǎn'ér

on the contrary; instead; rather

HSK 5

Pronunciation

fǎn'ér

Example sentence

我以为他会生气,他反而笑了。

Wǒ yǐwéi tā huì shēngqì, tā fǎn'ér xiào le.

I thought he would get angry, but instead he laughed.

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