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Keyword
to flip over
  • to upset
  • to capsize
Frequency
#955
Strokes
18
Readings
fān100%
Mnemonic
羽 (wings) gives the meaning and 番 the sound.
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
翻译fānyì
to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation
推翻tuīfān
to overthrow
翻fān
to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross
翻身fānshēn
to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes
翻唱fānchàng
to cover (a previously recorded song); cover version (of a song)
翻转fānzhuǎn
to roll; to turn over; to invert; to flip
翻新fānxīn
to revamp; a face-lift; to retread (a tire); to refurbish (old clothes); newly emerging
翻开fānkāi
to open up
翻墙fānqiáng
lit. to climb over the wall; fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China
翻修fānxiū
to rebuild (house or road); to overhaul
翻阅fānyuè
to thumb through; to flip through (a book)
翻过fānguò
to turn over; to transform
翻天覆地fāntiānfùdì
sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head
翻滚fāngǔn
to roll; to boil
翻脸fānliǎn
to fall out with sb; to become hostile
翻拍fānpāi
to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc; a reproduction; to remake a movie or TV series; a remake; to adapt (a novel etc) as a movie; an adaptation
翻版fānbǎn
to reprint; reproduction; pirate copy; (fig.) imitation; carbon copy; clone
翻覆fānfù
to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down; to change completely
翻案fān'àn
to reverse a verdict; to present different views on a historical person or verdict
打翻dǎfān
to overturn; to overthrow; to strike down (an enemy)
翻番fānfān
to double; to increase by a certain number of times
翻看fānkàn
to browse; to look over (books)
闹翻nàofān
to have a falling out; to have a big argument