Chinese Word: 翻 - Talking Chinese English Dictionary

翻HSK 5

Pinyin: fān

English Definition: to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross

Chinese Definition:
①歪倒(dǎo)，反转，变动位置，改变：推翻。翻车。翻卷。翻滚。翻腾。翻工。翻阅。翻身。翻地。翻修。翻建。翻改。翻脸。人仰马翻。翻江倒海(形容水势浩大，多喻力量或气势非常壮大)。翻云覆雨(喻反覆无常或玩弄手段)。
②数量成倍的增加：翻番。
③越过：翻越。

Total strokes: 18; Radical: 羽

Pictophonetic:番 indicates the sound; 羽 (wings) conveys the meaning.

Character Formation:

⿰ Left to right
- 番 [ fān ] to take turns, to repeat; to sow; a turn
- 羽 [ yǔ ] feather, plume; wings

Similar Characters: 翔翩翱翧

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翻译HSK 4	fān yì	to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; Classifiers: 个
推翻HSK 6	tuī fān	to overthrow
翻身	fān shēn	to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes
翻阅	fān yuè	to thumb through; to flip through (a book)
翻天覆地	fān tiān fù dì	sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head

1		qǐng 请 fān dào 翻到 xià yí yè 下一页。 Please turn to the next page.
2		qǐng 请 bǎ 把 chuáng diàn 床垫 fān 翻 guò lái 过来。 Please flip the mattress.
3		tā 他 dǎ fān 打翻 le 了 wǒ 我 de 的 bēi zi 杯子。 He spilled my cup.
4		zhè zhǒng 这种 zuò wù 作物 nián nián 年年 fān 翻 bèi 倍。 This crop doubles in yield each year.
5		tā 他 bù 不 xiǎo xīn 小心 dǎ fān 打翻 le 了 tái dēng 台灯。 He accidentally knocked over the lamp.

1		qǐng 请 fān dào 翻到 xià yí yè 下一页。 Please turn to the next page.
2		qǐng 请 bǎ 把 chuáng diàn 床垫 fān 翻 guò lái 过来。 Please flip the mattress.
3		tā 他 dǎ fān 打翻 le 了 wǒ 我 de 的 bēi zi 杯子。 He spilled my cup.
4		zhè zhǒng 这种 zuò wù 作物 nián nián 年年 fān 翻 bèi 倍。 This crop doubles in yield each year.
5		tā 他 bù 不 xiǎo xīn 小心 dǎ fān 打翻 le 了 tái dēng 台灯。 He accidentally knocked over the lamp.