翻
fān HSK4

flip over

翻 fān
variant 飜
to translate verb
to translate or interpret between different languages or codes

最近这本书被翻成了英文。

zuì​jìn zhè běn shū bèi fān chéng le yīng​wén.

This book was recently translated into English.

to turn over verbparticle
to turn over, flip, or tip over; to change the orientation of an object

他踢翻了桌子。

tā tī fān le zhuō​zi.

He kicked over the table.

to rummage verb
to rummage or search through; to leaf or browse through papers or books

我翻了翻几页。

wǒ fān le fān jǐ yè.

I flipped through a few pages.

to transform verbnoun
to change, renovate, or transform into a new form or appearance
to multiply verb
to double or increase by a certain number of times

配方可以翻倍。

pèi​fāng kě​yǐ fān bèi.

The recipe can be doubled.

to cross over verb
to climb or get over something, such as a mountain or a wall

你得翻过那些山。

nǐ děi fān guò nà​xiē shān.

You have to go over those mountains.

to reverse
to reverse, overturn, or change a previous decision, such as a legal case or testimony
to fall out
to have a falling out or break up with someone; to suddenly change one's attitude or turn against someone
instead
(literary) instead; on the contrary

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Frequency
Character
Written text
1,027th most common 152.8 per million
Movie subtitles
1,189th most common 72.2 per million appears in 33% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
50.0 per million appears in 19% of films
Written text
115.2 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 4
HSK 3.0
Level 4
Strokes
18
Unicode
U+7FFB

Sources
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)