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翻

fān
verb HSK 4 #1,628

Meanings

  1. 1 to turn over; to flip
  2. 2 to rummage through; to search through
  3. 3 to translate (informal)

Characters

翻
fān
to turn over; to flip; to translate
Contains 羽 (feather/wing), evoking the image of a bird flipping its wings — hence "to turn over."

Examples

请翻到第十页。
Qǐng fān dào dì shí yè.
Please turn to page ten.
他把书翻了一遍。
Tā bǎ shū fān le yī biàn.
He flipped through the book once.
风把桌子都翻了。
Fēng bǎ zhuōzi dōu fān le.
The wind flipped the table over.
别翻我的东西！
Bié fān wǒ de dōngxi!
Don't rummage through my stuff!

Tips

usage
翻 is incredibly versatile: 翻书 (flip pages), 翻译 (translate), 翻身 (turn over in bed / turn one's life around), 翻脸 (turn hostile). The core idea is always 'turning/flipping.'

Stroke Order

翻 fān