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

HSK 4

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.

HSK 6

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