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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Example Words

翻译	fān yì	to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; Classifiers: 个	HSK 4
推翻	tuī fān	to overthrow	HSK 6
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

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Example Sentences

1		chuán yào 船要 shì 是 xiǎo 小 yì diǎn 一点 kě néng 可能 zǎo jiù 早就 fān 翻 le 了， tā 他 shuō 说。 A smaller vessel would have capsized, he said.
2		nán hái 男孩 zài 在 chuáng 床 shàng 上 fān 翻 le 了 yí gè 一个 shēn 身。 The boy turned over in bed.
3		tā 他 zài 在 chuáng 床 shàng 上 fān 翻 le 了 gè 个 shēn 身。 He turns over in bed.
4		tā 她 bǎ 把 chuáng 床 fān 翻 le 了 guò 过 lái 来， fā xiàn 发现 fáng jiān 房间 lǐ 里 dào chù 到处 dōu 都 shì 是 kàn 看 bù 不 jiàn 见 de 的 è yú 鳄鱼。 She flipped her bed over and found invisible alligators all over her room.
5		tā 他 fān 翻 le 了 gè 个 shēn 身 yòu 又 shuì 睡 zhe 着 le 了。 He turned over in bed and fell asleep again.

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1		chuán yào 船要 shì 是 xiǎo 小 yì diǎn 一点 kě néng 可能 zǎo jiù 早就 fān 翻 le 了， tā 他 shuō 说。 A smaller vessel would have capsized, he said.
2		nán hái 男孩 zài 在 chuáng 床 shàng 上 fān 翻 le 了 yí gè 一个 shēn 身。 The boy turned over in bed.
3		tā 他 zài 在 chuáng 床 shàng 上 fān 翻 le 了 gè 个 shēn 身。 He turns over in bed.
4		tā 她 bǎ 把 chuáng 床 fān 翻 le 了 guò 过 lái 来， fā xiàn 发现 fáng jiān 房间 lǐ 里 dào chù 到处 dōu 都 shì 是 kàn 看 bù 不 jiàn 见 de 的 è yú 鳄鱼。 She flipped her bed over and found invisible alligators all over her room.
5		tā 他 fān 翻 le 了 gè 个 shēn 身 yòu 又 shuì 睡 zhe 着 le 了。 He turned over in bed and fell asleep again.

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