侧翻 (cèfān): to roll over (vehicle)

Meanings

1 to roll over (vehicle)
2 to overturn onto its side
3 to capsize (boat)

Characters

侧

Examples

一辆货车在高速公路上侧翻，所幸无人受伤。

Yī liàng huòchē zài gāosù gōnglù shàng cèfān, suǒxìng wú rén shòushāng.

A truck rolled over on the expressway; fortunately no one was injured.

暴雨导致渔船侧翻。

Bàoyǔ dǎozhì yúchuán cèfān.

Heavy rain caused the fishing boat to capsize.

Tips

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Standard accident-report vocabulary. Often appears in news headlines together with 翻车 (fānchē, vehicle overturned) and 货车 / 客车 (huòchē / kèchē, truck / passenger bus).

Stroke Order

侧 cè

翻 fān

Related Words

翻过 fānguò #7,774

to climb over; to cross over; to flip past; to turn over

侧面 cèmiàn HSK 7 #8,674

lateral side / side / flank / aspect / profile

侧围 cèwéi

side panel (of a vehicle body) / bodyside

侧 cè HSK 6 #3,312

the side / lateral / to lean; to incline

供给侧改革 gōngjǐcègǎigé

supply-side reform / supply-side structural reform

翻船 fānchuán #26,431

to capsize / to overturn a boat / (figuratively) to suffer a setback or defeat / to fail unexpectedly

左侧 zuǒcè #10,711

left side / left-hand side

翻 fān HSK 4 #1,628

to turn over; to flip / to rummage through; to search through / to translate (informal)

右侧 yòucè #10,936

right side / right-hand side

掀翻 xiānfān #20,302

to overturn / to flip over / to capsize