翻

fān

f+ān·1st tone

to turn over · to flip over

Radical: 羽 Strokes: 18 HSK 4

Structure: Left-rightFrequency: Common

Same radical

羽翼翁翅耀翰翔翠翘翳翦翮

Same radical

羽翼翁翅耀翰翔翠翘翳翦翮翕翟翥

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Character Decomposition

翻=番+羽

Etymology

wings

Meanings

to turn over

to flip over

to overturn

to rummage through

to translate

to decode

to double

to climb over or into

to cross

fān

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Words with 翻 183 total

to revamp · a face-lift · to retread (a tire) · to refurbish (old clothes) · newly emerging翻新fān xīn to rebuild (house or road) · to overhaul翻修fān xiū to translate · to interpret · translator · interpreter · translation · interpretation · CL: gè,位 wèi,名 míng翻译fān yì to reprint (generally without authorization)翻印fān yìn to roll over and over (of billows or clouds)翻涌fān yǒng to thumb through · to flip through (a book)翻阅fān yuè to cross · to surmount · to transcend翻越fān yuè to rebuild · to renovate翻造fān zào to roll · to turn over · to invert · to flip翻转fān zhuǎn to expose · to turn over兜翻dōu fān flip · somersault空翻kōng fān to have a falling out · to have a big argument闹翻nào fān to overthrow推翻tuī fān to turn sth over · to overturn掀翻xiān fān

Idioms with 翻 51 total Chain

lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom) · fig. overwhelming · earth-shattering · in a spectacular mess翻江倒海fān jiāng dǎo hǎi to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas翻空出奇fān kōng chū qí

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