翻 is also the simplified spelling of 飜.
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翻
Mandarin · pinyin fān
Meanings
- to turn over
- to flip over
- to overturn
- to rummage through
- to translate
- to decode
- to double
- to climb over or into
- to cross
Characters in this entry
- 翻
- fān · flip over, upset, capsize
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Mandarin tones
1 · fan1
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Follow a written form into the eight pinned witnesses: Analects, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Han Feizi, Sunzi and the Mao Shijing. A match is a place to investigate; it does not prove that a modern dictionary sense fits the passage.
Compare dictionary sources Wiktionary · 13 senses · 1 Cantonese reading
Rime Cantonese 粵拼
faan1
Cantonese word readings for 翻. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.
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Independent source senses for this spelling, with usage labels retained. Not matched to the pronunciation above.
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- to fly; to circle in the air; to soar; to flutter
- to flip over; to turn over; to reverse; to toss
- to climb over or into; to cross over
- to rummage through; to look through
- to leaf through; to scan
- to change
- to overturn
- to translate; to interpret
- to fall out; to cease to be on friendly terms
- to multiply
- (Hakka) to vomit
- (Cantonese) alternative form of 返 (faan1)
- (Wu) to spill
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