翻 (fān) means Turn over (get across - translate). Below are 11 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
他 翻 了 翻 书就放下了。
Tā fān le fān shū jiù fàng xià le.
He leafed through the book and put it down.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 翻
请把这句话 翻 成英文。
Qǐng bǎ zhè jù huà fān chéng Yīngwén.
Please translate this sentence into English.
Dictionary example · HSK 5 · 翻
翻 译时力求准确。
Fānyì shí lìqiú zhǔnquè.
In translating, strive for accuracy.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 力求
请把这句话 翻 译成中文。
Qǐng bǎ zhè jù huà fānyì chéng Zhōngwén.
Please translate this sentence into Chinese.
Dictionary example · HSK 4 · 翻译
新证据推 翻 了原来的结论。
Xīn zhèngjù tuīfān le yuánlái de jiélùn.
New evidence overturned the original conclusion.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 推翻
他推 翻 了自己之前的方案。
Tā tuīfān le zìjǐ zhīqián de fāng'àn.
He scrapped his own earlier plan.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 推翻
他在谈判中充当双方的 翻 译。
Tā zài tánpàn zhōng chōngdāng shuāngfāng de fānyì.
He acted as interpreter for both sides in the talks.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 充当
翻 译是不同文化之间的桥梁。
Fānyì shì bùtóng wénhuà zhījiān de qiáoliáng.
Translation is a bridge between different cultures.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 桥梁
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From the travel phrasebook
如果量 翻 倍呢？
Rúguǒ liàng fānbèi ne?
What if we double the volume?
Travel phrasebook · Negotiating and pricing
Words that contain 翻
Each of these has sentences of its own, so you can see the character doing a different job in each one.
Questions about 翻
How is 翻 used in a sentence?
This page shows 11 sentences using 翻 (fān, "Turn over (get across - translate)"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
No. They come from the site's own dictionary examples, graded readers, travel phrasebook and grammar library — all written by a person. A word with no sentence gets no page here, rather than a page of invented ones.
Why do some sentences show 翻 inside a longer word?
Because that is where a single character usually lives. Seeing 翻 inside the words it builds is how the character stops being an isolated symbol and starts being something you can read.
Is 翻 an HSK word?
Yes — 翻 is on the official HSK 5 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 5 page.
Where can I see the full entry for 翻?
The dictionary page for 翻 has its stroke order, its traditional form, every sense the dictionary lists and a character-by-character breakdown. It is linked at the top of this page.
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