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fān

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fān Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
fān | fan1
English translation
to turn over
to flip over
to overturn
to rummage through
to translate
to decode
to double
to climb over or into
to cross
variant of fān [fān]
to upset, to capsize, to flip over

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About fān

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Number of strokes

18

Traditional form

fān

Contains the radical

Part of speech

Verb / 动词 dòng cí Dòngcí

Learning hint

wings

Etymology of fān

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

番羽

Semantic compound

Phonetic compound

Pān

Explanation

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and Pān represents the sound.

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Example sentences using fān

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农夫 nóng fū yòng fān le 一些 yī xiē 埋葬 máizàng de 财宝 cái bǎo .

The ploughman turned up some buried treasure.

孩子 háizi men 照片 zhàopiàn 全都 quán dōu 翻得乱七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo .

The kids have muddled up all the photos.

qǐng Shū fān dào 11.

Please open the book at

qǐng fān dào 十二 shí èr .

Please turn to page twelve.

fān le 漂亮 piàoliang de Hòu 翻跟头 fān gēn tou .

He did a brilliant backward somersault.

Words with fān

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
fān to turn over fān
翻译 fānyì to translate翻譯
推翻 tuīfān to overthrow推翻 tuīfān
翻过 fān guò to turn over翻過
翻身 fān shēn to turn over (when lying)翻身 fān shēn
翻开 fān kāi to open up翻開
翻滚 fān gǔn to roll翻滾
翻新 fān xīn to revamp翻新 fān xīn
闹翻 nào fān to have a falling out鬧翻
翻脸 fān liǎn to fall out with sb翻臉
打翻 dǎ fān to overturn打翻 dǎ fān
翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì everything turned on its head翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì
天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù everything turned on its head天翻地覆 tiān fān dì fù
翻阅 fān yuè to thumb through翻閱
翻箱倒柜 fān xiāng dǎo guì to overturn trunks and boxes翻箱倒櫃
翻修 fān xiū to overhaul翻修 fān xiū
翻番 fān fān to double翻番 fān fān
翻版 fān bǎn to reprint翻版 fān bǎn
翻转 fān zhuǎn to roll翻轉
翻来覆去 fān lái fù qù again and again翻來覆去
翻越 fān yuè to cross翻越 fān yuè
翻领 fān lǐng lapel翻領
翻案 fān àn to reverse a verdict翻案 fān àn
翻腾 fān téng to turn over翻騰

fān Decomposition & Compounds

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fān Decomposition

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