翻

fān
HSK 6
#1,025 most
frequent character
to turn over, to flip over
verb

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

翻 pairs 番 fān for sound with 羽 wings for meaning. It first meant to fly around. From turning in flight it grew to turn or flip over, translate, overturn, and flip through pages.

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Example Sentences

我翻了一下书，找到了我要的资料。
wǒ fānle yīxià shū ， zhǎodào le wǒyào de zīliào 。
I flipped through the book and found the information I needed.
她翻译了这篇文章，内容很有意思。
tā fānyì le zhèpiānwénzhāng ， nèiróng hěn yǒuyìsī 。
She translated this article, and the content is very interesting.
请把这个文件翻过来，我需要看另一面。
qǐng bǎ zhègè wénjiàn fānguò lái ， wǒ xūyào kàn lìngyīmiàn 。
Please flip this document over; I need to see the other side.

Words with similar meanings

翻译fānyì
to translate
More specific to the act of translating from one language to another.
翻转fānzhuǎn
to flip
Similar in meaning but can imply a more physical action of turning or flipping an object.

Homophones

HSK 6
番fān
to take turns, order in series
帆fān
sail

Words Starting With 翻

翻译fān yì
"to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation

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