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Meaning of 翻

Pinyin fān

Radical

羽

Strokes

Definition

flit about / translate / turn over

Usage

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翻 [fān] 1. To tilt, reverse, change position, alter: 推～ (push over), ～车 (turn over the cart), ～卷 (flip the scroll), ～滚 (roll over), ～腾 (soar), ～工 (change work), ～阅 (browse), ～身 (turn one's body), ～地 (turn the earth), ～修 (change repair), ～建 (alter construction), ～改 (revise), ～脸 (make a face), 人仰马～ (people fall and horses tumble), ～江倒海 (to describe great water force or momentum). 2. To increase in quantity exponentially: ～番 (increase greatly). 3. To cross over: ～越 (cross over). 4. To fly: ～. 翻 [fān] 1. 飜、繙: (variant forms) fān. 2. (Phonetic) Derived from the word for “wing”; original meaning: to fly like birds. 3. Same as original meaning ([En.] fly). 4. To turn over; to toss ([En.] turn over; toss). 5. To reverse, topple, change position ([En.] change). 6. To overturn; change ([En.] reverse). 7. To pass over; crossover ([En.] cross over). 8. To return ([En.] return). 9. To skim through, browse ([En.] browse; look over). 10. To translate ([En.] translate). 11. To research repeatedly ([En.] study). 12. To compose, adapt, rearrange ([En.] write; adapt; rearrange). 13. To perform ([En.] play). 14. To grow quantities exponentially ([En.] multiply). 15. To turn hostile ([En.] fall out; suddenly turn hostile). (Note: The meanings are listed sequentially, and each associated example illustrates the context in which the definitions might be used.)

翻山越岭 fān shān yuè lǐng

to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey

翻悔 fān huǐ

to renege / to go back (on a deal) / to back out (of a promise)

翻找 fān zhǎo

rummage

掀翻 xiān fān

to turn sth over / to overturn

推翻 tuī fān

to overthrow

翻搅 fān jiǎo

to stir up / to turn over

翻箱倒柜 fān xiāng dǎo guì

to overturn trunks and boxes / to make a thorough search (idiom)

翻修 fān xiū

to rebuild (house or road) / to overhaul

翻涌 fān yǒng

to roll over and over (of billows or clouds)

翻滚 fān gǔn

to roll / to boil

翻炒 fān chǎo

to stir-fry

人仰马翻 rén yǎng mǎ fān

to suffer a crushing defeat (idiom) / in a pitiful state / in a complete mess / to roll (with laughter)

翻版 fān bǎn

to reprint / reproduction / pirate copy / (fig.) imitation / carbon copy / clone

翻两番 fān liǎng fān

quadruple / double and redouble

翻番 fān fān

to double / to increase by a certain number of times

翻译 fān yì

to translate / to interpret / translator / interpreter / translation / interpretation / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

翻阅 fān yuè

to thumb through / to flip through (a book)

翻过 fān guò

to turn over / to transform

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

翻腾 fān téng

to turn over / to surge / to churn / to rummage / raging (torrent)

翻开 fān kāi

to open up

翻来覆去 fān lái fù qù

to toss and turn (sleeplessly) / again and again

翻脸 fān liǎn

to fall out with sb / to become hostile

翻转 fān zhuǎn

to roll / to turn over / to invert / to flip

翻翻 fān fān

Turn over

翻看 fān kàn

to browse / to look over (books)

翻越 fān yuè

to cross / to surmount / to transcend

翻建 fān jiàn

renovate / rebuild on an old foundation

天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head

翻飞 fān fēi

fly up and down

翻耕 fān gēng

to plow / to turn the soil

耕翻 gēng fān

ploughing / arder / turn under

翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion / everything turned on its head

翻云覆雨 fān yún fù yǔ

to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love

翻译家 fān yì jiā

translator (of writings)

翻跟头 fān gēn tou

to turn a somersault

闹翻 nào fān

to have a falling out / to have a big argument