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翻 (fān): Turn over — Stroke Order & Writing Guide

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1.

Animated Stroke Order 翻

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How to write 翻 — animated stroke order

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2.

Stroke Order Diagrams 翻

翻 stroke order diagram
3.

Character Breakdown

Left-Right
翻
番fān · foreign
羽yǔ · feather
翻=
4.

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5.

How to Use 翻

Conversion and Renewal

翻 + action/result

翻 (fān) in 翻译 (translate), 翻新 (renovate), and 翻番 (double) signals conversion to another form or renewal.

翻译 • fān yì • to translate • HSK 4
6.

Example Sentences

tā他
xiǎo小
xīn心
de地
bǎ把
jiān煎
bing

Information

Pinyinfān
Meaningturn over; turn around; reverse
Strokes18
Radical羽
Traditional繙
StructureLeft-Right
Frequency#982
Zhuyinㄈㄢ
UnicodeU+7FFB
CangjieHWSMM
番fān · foreign
+羽yǔ · feather
HSK 4
fān翻
yì译

to translate

翻新 • fān xīn • Renovation • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
fān翻
xīn新

Renovation

翻番 • fān fān • Double / Increase • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
fān翻
fān番

Double / Increase

Overturn and Change

In 推翻 (overthrow), 翻身 (turn over), and 翻天覆地 (earth-shaking change), 翻 (fān) means flipping over or upsetting a situation.

推翻 • tuī fān • overthrow; overturn; topple • HSK 6
HSK 6
tuī推
fān翻

overthrow; overturn; topple

翻身 • fān shēn • Turn over • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
fān翻
shēn身

Turn over

翻天覆地 • fān tiān fù dì • Earth-shaking changes / Dramatic changes • HSK 3.0 · L7-9
HSK 3.0 · L7-9
fān翻
tiān天
fù覆
饼
fān翻
le了
guò过
lái来
。

He carefully flipped the pancake over.

tā他
zhèng正
zài在
fān翻
yì译
yì一
běn本
yīng英
wén文
xiǎo小
shuō说
。

He is translating an English novel.

tā他
fān翻
guò过
nà那
zuò座
shān山
cái才
dào到
dá达
cūn村
zhuāng庄
。

He climbed over that mountain to reach the village.

jiān煎
bǐng饼
xū需
yào要
fān翻
zhuǎn转
yī一
cì次
cái才
néng能
shú熟
tòu透
。

The pancake needs to be flipped once to cook through.

qǐng fān kāi kè běn dào dì 5 0 yè 。
请翻开课本到第50页。

Please open the textbook to page 50.

dì
地

Earth-shaking changes / Dramatic changes

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