Meaning
flit about; translate; turn over
Chinese: 翻飞。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “fan” becomes a different word in each tone. 翻 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 翻译fān yìto translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter
- 推翻tuī fānto overthrow
- 翻天覆地fān tiān fù dìsky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head
- 翻番fān fānto double; to increase by a certain number of times
- 翻来覆去fān lái fù qùto toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
Example Sentence
请帮我把这句话翻译成英文。Qǐng bāng wǒ bǎ zhè jù huà fān yì chéng yīng wén.Please help me translate this sentence into English.
请Qǐngto ask帮bāngto help我wǒI把bǎ(marks the object)这zhèthis句jùsentence话huàdialect翻译fān yìto translate成chéngshort name for Chengdu 成都英文yīng wénEnglish (language)。