翻过

翻過

fānguò

verb #7,774

Meanings

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

Characters

to turn over; to flip; to climb over

to pass; to cross; (complement: over)

Turn/climb + over — to successfully cross to the other side.

Examples

他翻过了那座高墙。

Tā fānguò le nà zuò gāoqiáng.

He climbed over that tall wall.

我们翻过这座山就到了。

Wǒmen fānguò zhè zuò shān jiù dào le.

We'll arrive once we cross over this mountain.

她翻过了好几页才找到答案。

Tā fānguò le hǎojǐ yè cái zhǎodào dá'àn.

She flipped past several pages before finding the answer.

Tips

grammar

过 here is a resultative complement indicating completion of crossing to the other side. Compare: 翻 (to flip/turn) vs. 翻过 (to have flipped/crossed over to the other side).

Stroke Order

翻 fān

过 guò