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翻

fān

HSK 5 Character

What 翻 means

1. to turn over
2. to flip over
3. to overturn
4. to rummage through
5. to translate
6. to decode
7. to double
8. to climb over or into
9. to cross

Other readings

翻 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• fānvariant of {翻|fān}

Example sentences

• 请翻译。
  Translate.
• 我在翻译。
  I am translating.
• 别用机翻。
  Don't use computer translation.
• 我来翻译。
  I will translate.
• 别翻译我！
  Don't translate me!
• 翻开课本。
  Open your textbooks.

Words starting with 翻

• 翻译fān yìto translate; to interpret; translator
• 翻身fān shēnto turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself
• 翻开fān kāito open up
• 翻看fān kànto browse; to look over (books)
• 翻过fān guòto turn over; to transform
• 翻阅fān yuèto thumb through; to flip through (a book)
• 翻滚fān gǔnto roll; to boil
• 翻来覆去fān lái fù qùto toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
• 翻腾fān téng(of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn; to surge; to seethe; to somersault; to tumble…
• 翻越fān yuèto cross; to surmount; to transcend
• 翻脸fān liǎnto fall out with sb; to become hostile
• 翻新fān xīnto revamp; a face-lift; to retread (a tire)
• 翻过来fān guò láito overturn; to turn upside down
• 翻动fān dòngto flip over; to turn (a page); to scroll (an electronic document)
• 翻版fān bǎnto reprint; reproduction; pirate copy
• 翻转fān zhuǎnto roll; to turn over; to invert
• 翻天覆地fān tiān fù dìsky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion…
• 翻墙fān qiánglit. to climb over the wall; fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
• 翻箱倒柜fān xiāng dǎo guìto overturn trunks and boxes; to make a thorough search (idiom)
• 翻白眼fān bái yǎnto roll one's eyes
• 翻案fān ànto reverse a verdict; to present different views on a historical person or verdict
• 翻车fān chē(of a vehicle) to flip over; (fig.) to go wrong; to flop
• 翻遍fān biànto rummage through; to turn everything over; to ransack
• 翻山越岭fān shān yuè lǐnglit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey

Words containing 翻

• 推翻tuī fānto overthrow
• 打翻dǎ fānto overturn; to overthrow; to strike down (an enemy)
• 闹翻nào fānto have a falling out; to have a big argument
• 天翻地覆tiān fān dì fùsky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion…
• 掀翻xiān fānto turn sth over; to overturn
• 官翻guān fān(of electronic goods) refurbished
• 机翻jī fānmachine translation (abbr. for 机器翻译
• 空翻kōng fānflip; somersault
• 前空翻qián kōng fān(acrobatics) front flip
• 后空翻hòu kōng fānbackward somersault; backflip
• 同声翻译tóng shēng fān yìsimultaneous translation
• 机器翻译jī qì fān yìmachine translation
• 机械翻译jī xiè fān yìmachine translation
• 侧翻cè fān(of a vehicle) to roll over; (of a boat) to capsize
• 地牛翻身dì niú fān shēn(Taiwan; colloquial) earthquake…
• 侧手翻cè shǒu fān(gymnastics) cartwheel; to do a cartwheel
• 侧空翻cè kōng fānaerial cartwheel; side somersault
• 人仰马翻rén yǎng mǎ fānto suffer a crushing defeat (idiom); in a pitiful state; in a complete mess
• 倾翻qīng fānto overturn; to topple; to tip
• 阴沟里翻船yīn gōu lǐ fān chuánto meet with unexpected failure (idiom); to fail miserably…
• 闹翻天nào fān tiānto create a big disturbance
• 后翻筋斗hòu fān jīn dǒubackward somersault
• 横翻筋斗héng fān jīn dǒuto turn cartwheels
• 打翻身仗dǎ fān shēn zhàngto work hard towards a turnaround; to fight to reverse sth

Characters built on 番

These share the phonetic component 番 (fān), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 潘pān(archaic) water in which rice has been washed; (Taiwan) kitchen waste…
• 燔fánburn; to roast meat for sacrifice
• 蕃fánluxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce
• 蟠pánto coil
• 幡fānbanner
• 蹯fánpaws of animal

Characters that look like 翻

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 豁huōopening; stake all; sacrifice
• 鞭biānwhip or lash; to flog; to whip
• 黏niánsticky; glutinous; (Taiwan) to adhere; to stick on; to glue
• 麒qíused in 麒麟
• 鼬yòu(zoology) weasel
• 鹬yùcommon snipe; sandpiper

Sounds the same

Read fān, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 番(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that…
• 帆sail; Taiwan pr. fán, except 帆布
• 藩fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state
• 幡banner
• 籓big winnow basket
• 繙to translate
• 旛pennant
• 蕃variant of 番; foreign (non-Chinese)