| 1 | 逆 | 逆 | nì | ni4 | contrary; opposite; backwards; to go against; to oppose; to betray; to rebel | | |
| 2 | 逆斜 | 逆斜 | nì xié | ni4 xie2 | (geology) anaclinal | | |
| 3 | 逆渗透 | 逆滲透 | nì shèn tòu | ni4 shen4 tou4 | reverse osmosis | | |
| 4 | 逆行 | 逆行 | nì xíng | ni4 xing2 | to go the wrong way; to go against one-way traffic regulation | | |
| 5 | 逆映射 | 逆映射 | nì yìng shè | ni4 ying4 she4 | inverse map (math.) | | |
| 6 | 逆喻 | 逆喻 | nì yù | ni4 yu4 | oxymoron | | |
| 7 | 逆运 | 逆運 | nì yùn | ni4 yun4 | bad luck; unlucky fate | | |
| 8 | 逆运算 | 逆運算 | nì yùn suàn | ni4 yun4 suan4 | inverse operation; inverse calculation | | |
| 9 | 逆贼 | 逆賊 | nì zéi | ni4 zei2 | renegade; traitor and bandit | | |
| 10 | 逆转 | 逆轉 | nì zhuǎn | ni4 zhuan3 | to turn back; to reverse | | |
| 11 | 逆夷 | 逆夷 | nì yí | ni4 yi2 | invaders (insulting term); foreign aggressors | | |
| 12 | 逆向代名 | 逆向代名 | nì xiàng dài míng | ni4 xiang4 dai4 ming2 | backward pronominalization (linguistics) | | |
| 13 | 逆向 | 逆向 | nì xiàng | ni4 xiang4 | backwards; reverse direction | | |
| 14 | 逆袭 | 逆襲 | nì xí | ni4 xi2 | counterattack | | |
| 15 | 逆我者亡 | 逆我者亡 | nì wǒ zhě wáng | ni4 wo3 zhe3 wang2 | Those who resist me shall perish! (idiom) | | |
| 16 | 逆天行事 | 逆天行事 | nì tiān xíng shì | ni4 tian1 xing2 shi4 | to do godless things (idiom) | | |
| 17 | 逆天 | 逆天 | nì tiān | ni4 tian1 | to be in defiance of the natural order | | |
| 18 | 逆水行舟,不进则退 | 逆水行舟,不進則退 | nì shuǐ xíng zhōu , bù jìn zé tuì | ni4 shui3 xing2 zhou1 , bu4 jin4 ze2 tui4 | like rowing a boat upstream, if you stop moving forward you fall back (idiom) | | |
| 19 | 逆水行舟 | 逆水行舟 | nì shuǐ xíng zhōu | ni4 shui3 xing2 zhou1 | lit. navigating a boat against the current (idiom); fig. in a tough environment (one needs to work hard) | | |
| 20 | 逆水而上 | 逆水而上 | nì shuǐ ér shàng | ni4 shui3 er2 shang4 | to go upstream (idiom) | | |
| 21 | 逆水 | 逆水 | nì shuǐ | ni4 shui3 | against the current; upstream | | |
| 22 | 逆势 | 逆勢 | nì shì | ni4 shi4 | Against the trend | | |
| 23 | 逆时针 | 逆時針 | nì shí zhēn | ni4 shi2 zhen1 | anticlockwise; counterclockwise | | |
| 24 | 逆子 | 逆子 | nì zǐ | ni4 zi3 | unfilial son | | |
| 25 | 逆向匹配 | 逆向匹配 | nì xiàng pǐ pèi | ni4 xiang4 pi3 pei4 | backwards match (in textual comparison) | | |