反而 fǎn ér on the contrary; instead Example sentences 虽然旧的手机不好看，但是我反而比较喜欢旧的手机。 suīrán jiù de shǒujī bù hǎokàn, dànshì wǒ fǎn'ér bǐjiào xǐhuan jiù de shǒujī. Although old phones don't look so attractive, I still prefer old phones 以前你不是很喜欢看书，现在给你买了这么多书，怎么反而不看了呢？ yǐqián nǐ bùshì hěn xǐhuan kànshū, xiànzài gěi nǐ mǎile zhème duō shū, zěn me fǎn ér bù kànle ne? Before you really liked reading, but now I buy you so many books, how come you don't read them?