Expressing "anyway" as "fanzheng"

Using 反正 (fǎnzhèng) can be a bit addictive as it is seemingly possible to throw in everywhere. It means "anyhow," or "regardless"， and is used to disregard a previous statement, particularly those involving options or choices.

1 反正 as "No Matter What"

1.1 Structure
1.2 Examples

2 反正 for Giving An Emphasis On the Reason

2.1 Structure
2.2 Examples

3 See Also
4 Sources and further reading

4.1 Books

反正 as "No Matter What"

Structure

Just put 反正 in the sentence after a comma or pause, similar to how we use "anyways" in English. It can be used with "不管."

Examples

不管他去不去，反正我要去。 No matter he's going or not, I'm going anyways.
不管你信不信，反正我信。 No matter you believe this or not, I believe it anyways.
不管他爸爸是谁，反正我要告他。 No matter who his father is, I'm going to sue him anyways.
随便别人怎么想，反正我无所谓。 I don't really care however people think.
说不说都一样，反正没有人会听我的。 Speaking or not is all the same. Nobody is going to listen to me anyways.

反正 for Giving An Emphasis On the Reason

Structure

反正, in this case, is used to convey a certainty or resolution. It‘s similar to 既然. It can be placed either at the beginning or the end while 既然 can only be placed at the beginning.

Examples

反正他们不来了，咱们自己去吧。 They are not coming anyway, so let's just go by ourselves.
反正我也不需要，就送给你吧。 I don't need it anyway. So I'll just give it to you.
反正我家够大，你们今晚都住这儿吧。 My house is big enough, you can all stay here tonight.
反正大家都知道了，你还怕什么？ Everybody knows about it now. So what are you still afraid of?
反正可以刷卡，没有现金没什么大不了的。 It’s no big deal not to have cash. We can swipe a credit card.

Expressing "anyway" as "fanzheng"

Contents

反正 as "No Matter What"

Structure

Examples

反正 for Giving An Emphasis On the Reason

Structure

Examples

See Also

Sources and further reading

Books