Cantonese · Jyutping
Mandarin · Pinyin
- fān
English
- flip over, upset, capsize
- to turn over
- placed after a verb to describe the resumption of an interrupted action
- to return; to go back
- to flip over
- placed after a verb or adjective to show that something is getting better or reverting to its original state
- to go to one's school or office
- to overturn
- placed after a verb to show that an action is for the speaker's own good or for the sake of someone else
- to go to a place related to one's ancestry, upbringing, or a place to which one has a sense of belonging
- to rummage through
- to translate
- to decode
- to double
- to climb over or into
- to cross
- to turn over, up, upside down, inside out
- to flip
粵語
- 放喺動詞後面，表示一個動作中斷咗，之後再繼續進行
- 回來；離開一個地方之後再回到原來嘅地方
- 放喺動詞或者形容詞後面，表示好轉、回復嘅意思
- 前往一啲你必須要經常去嘅地方，例如學校同公司
- 放喺動作後面，表示該動作係為自己好，或者為人哋好而做
- 前往同祖籍、出身有關，或者有歸屬感嘅地方
- 反轉
- 揭開、揭起
Variants
Words containing 翻
- 翻本faan1 bun2
to win back one's money (gambling etc)
- 翻版faan1 baan2
to reprint
- 翻譯faan1 jik6
to translate
- 推翻teoi1 faan1
to overthrow
- 翻身faan1 san1
to turn over (when lying)
- 翻唱faan1 coeng3
to cover (a previously recorded song)
- 翻轉faan1 zyun3
to roll
- 翻新faan1 san1
to revamp
- 好翻hou2 faan1
verb; to recover (sickness)
- 翻發faan1 faat3
having the same illness again; recurring illness
- 老翻lou5 faan1
(n.) refers to illegal
- 翻生faan1 saang1
describes someone who recovered from a downturn to make a fresh start again; literally 'resurrection'; revival
- 翻風faan1 fung1
wind is picking up (spoken)
- 翻草faan1 cou2
ruminate
- 空翻hung1 faan1
flip
- 翻盤faan1 pun2
to make a comeback
- 翻滾faan1 gwan2
to roll
- 翻印faan1 jan3
to reprint (generally without authorization)
- 打翻daa2 faan1
to overturn
- 翻案faan1 on3
to reverse a verdict
- 翻炒faan1 caau2
to stir-fry
- 翻覆faan2 fuk1
to overturn (a vehicle); to capsize; to turn upside down
- 鬧翻naau6 faan1
to have a falling out
- 翻抄faan1 caau1
reproducing; copying from previous (spoken)