<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE html> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:epub="http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops"> <head> <title>Expressing "anyway" as "fanzheng"</title> <link href="../Styles/main.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/> </head> <body> <h1>Expressing "anyway" as "fanzheng"</h1> <p>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. </p> <h2>Contents</h2> <div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1 反正 as "No Matter What" </span></li> <ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1.1 Structure </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">1.2 Examples </span></li> </ul> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2 反正 for Giving An Emphasis On the Reason </span></li> <ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2.1 Structure </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">2.2 Examples </span></li> </ul> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">3 See Also </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4 Sources and further reading </span></li> <ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">4.1 Books</span></li> </ul> </ul> </div> <h2>反正 as "No Matter What"</h2> <h3>Structure</h3> <p>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."</p> <div class="deux">[Disregarded Situation] ， 反正 ⋯⋯</div> <h3>Examples</h3> <div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">不管 他 去 不 去 ，反正 我 要 去 。 No matter he's going or not, I'm going anyways. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">不管 你 信 不 信 ，反正 我 信 。 No matter you believe this or not, I believe it anyways. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">随便 别人 怎么 想 ，反正 我 无所谓。 I don't really care however people think. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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.</span><br/></li> </ul> </div> <h2>反正 for Giving An Emphasis On the Reason</h2> <h3>Structure</h3> <p>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. </p> <div class="deux">反正 + Condition ，Decision / Suggestion</div> <h3>Examples</h3> <div class="exemple"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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. </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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? </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">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.</span><br/></li> </ul> </div> <h3>See Also</h3> <div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">"No matter" with "wulun" </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">"No matter" with "buguan" </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Expressing "since" with "jiran"</span><br/></li> </ul> </div> <h3>Sources and further reading</h3> <h4>Books</h4> <div class="See-also"><ul><li><span style="font-size: 20px;">New Practical Chinese Reader 6 (新实用汉语课本6) (pp. 209) →buy </span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 20px;">Short-term Spoken Chinese: Elementary (汉语口语速成基础篇) (pp. 139-140) [ →buy]</span><br/></li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>