逆
Ancient forms
1 formGlyphs: Wikimedia Commons, public domain.
Meaning
Example sentences
- The ship made slow progress against the strong wind.
- The boat is going against the current.
- Be careful not to drive the wrong way on a one-way street.
HSK words with 逆
More words with 逆
- 逆子 nìzǐ unfilial son
- 水逆 shuǐnì (astrology) Mercury retrograde (abbr. for 水星逆行 (shuǐ xīng nì xíng)); (coll.) to have a period of bad luck
- 逆水 nìshuǐ against the current
- 逆心 nìxīn unfavorable
- 逆天 nìtiān (literary) to be in defiance of the natural order
- 逆行 nìxíng to go the wrong way
- 气逆 qìnì reverse flow of 气 (qì) (TCM)
- 逆风 nìfēng to go against the wind
- 逆光 nìguāng backlighting; light coming from behind the subject (esp. in photography)
- 逆流 nìliú against the stream
- 可逆 kěnì reversible