逆时针

逆時針

nìshízhēn

adjective #35,073

Meanings

HSK 5

运动员按逆时针方向绕跑道跑。

Yùndòngyuán àn nìshízhēn fāngxiàng rào pǎodào pǎo.

The athletes run around the track in a counterclockwise direction.

HSK 6

请逆时针转动盖子打开瓶子。

Qǐng nìshízhēn zhuǎndòng gàizi dǎkāi píngzi.

Turn the lid counterclockwise to open the bottle.

memory

逆 'against' + 时针 'hour hand' = 'against the hour hand' = counterclockwise. Its opposite is 顺时针 'with the hour hand' = clockwise.

逆 nì

时 shí

针 zhēn