翻阅

翻閱

fānyuè

verb #24,891

Meanings

1 to thumb through
2 to flip through (a book)
3 to browse/skim

Characters

to turn over/flip

to read/review/inspect

Examples

他随手翻阅了一下那本杂志。

Tā suíshǒu fānyuè le yīxià nà běn zázhì.

He casually flipped through that magazine.

她翻阅着旧照片，陷入了回忆。

Tā fānyuè zhe jiù zhàopiàn, xiànrù le huíyì.

She flipped through old photos and fell into reminiscence.

Tips

usage

翻阅 implies a casual, non-systematic reading — flipping through pages rather than reading carefully. Compare with 阅读 (to read thoroughly) or 浏览 (to browse/scan). 翻 adds the sense of physical page-turning.

Stroke Order

翻 fān

阅 yuè