Learn Chinese Characters

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.

Qǐngto askbāngto helpI(marks the object)zhèthissentencehuàdialect翻译fān yìto translatechéngshort name for Chengdu 成都英文yīng wénEnglish (language)