| 1 | 逆 | 逆 | nì | ni4 | contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel | | |
| 2 | 逆渗透 | 逆滲透 | nì shèn tòu | ni4 shen4 tou4 | reverse osmosis | | |
| 3 | 逆斜 | 逆斜 | nì xié | ni4 xie2 | (geology) anaclinal | | |
| 4 | 逆反应 | 逆反應 | nì fǎn yìng | ni4 fan3 ying4 | reverse reaction; counterreaction; inverse response | | |
| 5 | 逆龄 | 逆齡 | nì líng | ni4 ling2 | anti-aging | | |
| 6 | 逆料 | 逆料 | nì liào | ni4 liao4 | to foresee; to predict | | |
| 7 | 逆来顺受 | 逆來順受 | nì lái shùn shòu | ni4 lai2 shun4 shou4 | to resign oneself to adversity (idiom); to grin and bear it; to submit meekly to insults, maltreatment, humiliation etc | | |
| 8 | 逆戟鲸 | 逆戟鯨 | nì jǐ jīng | ni4 ji3 jing1 | (zoo.) orca; killer whale | | |
| 9 | 逆火 | 逆火 | nì huǒ | ni4 huo3 | (of an engine) to backfire | | |
| 10 | 逆回音 | 逆回音 | nì huí yīn | ni4 hui2 yin1 | inverted turn (ornament in music) | | |
| 11 | 逆光 | 逆光 | nì guāng | ni4 guang1 | backlighting (lighting design) | | |
| 12 | 逆子 | 逆子 | nì zǐ | ni4 zi3 | unfilial son | | |
| 13 | 逆风而驶 | 逆風而駛 | nì fēng ér shǐ | ni4 feng1 er2 shi3 | to go against the wind (idiom) | | |
| 14 | 逆风 | 逆風 | nì fēng | ni4 feng1 | to go against the wind; contrary wind; a headwind | | |
| 15 | 逆反心理 | 逆反心理 | nì fǎn xīn lǐ | ni4 fan3 xin1 li3 | reverse psychology | | |
| 16 | 逆反 | 逆反 | nì fǎn | ni4 fan3 | rebellious behavior; opposite; ob- | | |
| 17 | 逆耳忠言 | 逆耳忠言 | nì ěr zhōng yán | ni4 er3 zhong1 yan2 | Honest advice that is hard to listen to | | |
| 18 | 逆耳之言 | 逆耳之言 | nì ěr zhī yán | ni4 er3 zhi1 yan2 | speech that grates on the ear (idiom); bitter truths; home truths (that one does not want to hear) | | |
| 19 | 逆耳 | 逆耳 | nì ěr | ni4 er3 | unpleasant to hear; grates on the ear (of home truths) | | |
| 20 | 逆断层 | 逆斷層 | nì duàn céng | ni4 duan4 ceng2 | reverse fault (geology); compression fault, where one block pushes over the other at dip of less than 45 degrees | | |
| 21 | 逆定理 | 逆定理 | nì dìng lǐ | ni4 ding4 li3 | converse theorem (math.) | | |
| 22 | 逆臣 | 逆臣 | nì chén | ni4 chen2 | rebellious minister | | |
| 23 | 逆产 | 逆產 | nì chǎn | ni4 chan3 | traitor's property; breech delivery | | |
| 24 | 逆差 | 逆差 | nì chā | ni4 cha1 | adverse trade balance; trade deficit | | |
| 25 | 逆变器 | 逆變器 | nì biàn qì | ni4 bian4 qi4 | Inverter | | |