粵

翻faan1騰tang4

simp翻腾
faan1 tang4fān téng

English

  1. (of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn; to surge; to seethe
  2. to somersault; to tumble; to flip
  3. to rummage; to turn things over repeatedly
  4. to roll in air

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 喺空中翻滾

Examples

  • 我的脑海里不停地翻腾着这个问题。

    I constantly went over this problem in my mind.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 跳水比賽會有好多翻騰嘅動作。

    You can see many rotations in a diving competition.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

Report an issue

Spotted a wrong reading, definition, or example? Tell us — it helps everyone.