飜〔翻〕 {fān}

1. to turn over
2. to flip over
3. to overturn
4. to rummage through
5. to translate
6. to decode
7. to double
8. to climb over or into
9. to cross

翻 faan¹ {fān}

1. to turn over
2. to flip over
3. to overturn
4. to rummage through
5. to translate
6. to decode
7. to double
8. to climb over or into
9. to cross

翻版 faan¹ baan² {fānbǎn}

(noun) Counterfeit

翻本 faan¹ bun² {fān běn}

(verb) get back or obtain back what someone's has lost (usually it refers to money)

翻抄 faan¹ caau¹ {fān chāo}

reproducing; copying from previous (spoken)

翻草 faan¹ cou² {fān cǎo}

ruminate

翻發〔-发〕 faan¹ faat³ {fān fā}

having the same illness again; recurring illness

翻風〔-风〕 faan¹ fung¹ {fān fēng}

wind is picking up (spoken)

翻工 faan¹ gung¹ {fān gōng}

(verb) rework

翻去 faan¹ heoi³ {fān qù}

going back (spoken)

翻學〔-学〕 faan¹ hok⁶ {fān xué}

going to school

翻嚟 faan¹ lai² {fān lí}

come back

翻生 faan¹ saang¹ {fān shēng}

describes someone who recovered from a downturn to make a fresh start again; literally 'resurrection'; revival

翻天 faan¹ tin¹ {fān tiān}

raise a rumpus; earthshaking

翻渣 faan¹ zaa¹ {fān zhā}

(verb of traditional Chinese herbal decoction) recook; reboil

翻版 faan¹ baan² {fān bǎn}

1. to reprint
2. reproduction
3. pirate copy
4. (fig.) imitation
5. carbon copy
6. clone

翻炒 faan¹ caau² {fān chǎo}

to stir-fry

翻沉 faan¹ cam⁴ {fān chén}

to capsize and sink

翻唱 faan¹ coeng³ {fān chàng}

1. cover song
2. to cover a song

翻牆〔-墙〕 faan¹ coeng⁴ {fān qiáng}

1. lit. to climb over the wall
2. fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China

翻倒 faan¹ dou² {fān dǎo}

1. to overturn
2. to overthrow
3. to capsize
4. to collapse

翻動〔-动〕 faan¹ dung⁶ {fān dòng}

1. to flip over
2. to turn (a page)
3. to scroll (an electronic document)
4. to stir (food in a pot etc)
5. to move things about
6. to rummage

翻番 faan¹ faan¹ {fān fān}

1. to double
2. to increase by a certain number of times

翻悔 faan¹ fui³ {fān huǐ}

1. to renege
2. to go back (on a deal)
3. to back out (of a promise)

翻覆 faan¹ fuk¹ {fān fù}

1. to overturn (a vehicle)
2. to capsize
3. to turn upside down
4. to change completely

翻揀〔-拣〕 faan¹ gaan² {fān jiǎn}

1. to browse and select
2. to glance through and check

翻耕 faan¹ gaang¹ {fān gēng}

1. to plow
2. to turn the soil

翻攪〔-搅〕 faan¹ gaau² {fān jiǎo}

1. to stir up
2. to turn over

翻檢〔-检〕 faan¹ gim² {fān jiǎn}

1. to rummage
2. to look through
3. to leaf through

翻蓋〔-盖〕 faan¹ goi³ {fān gài}

1. flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc)
2. to rebuild
3. to renovate

翻供 faan¹ gung¹ {fān gòng}

1. to retract testimony
2. to withdraw a confession

翻滾〔-滚〕 faan¹ gwan² {fān gǔn}

1. to roll
2. to boil

翻過〔-过〕 faan¹ gwo³ {fān guò}

1. to turn over
2. to transform

翻開〔-开〕 faan¹ hoi¹ {fān kāi}

to open up

翻看 faan¹ hon³ {fān kàn}

1. to browse
2. to look over (books)

翻印 faan¹ jan³ {fān yìn}

1. reprint
2. to reissue
3. to publish a new edition

翻譯〔-译〕 faan¹ jik⁶ {fān yì}

1. to translate
2. to interpret
3. translator
4. interpreter
5. translation
6. interpretation
7. CL: 個,位,名

翻然 faan¹ jin⁴ {fān rán}

1. to change quickly and completely
2. also written 幡然

翻湧〔-涌〕 faan¹ jung² {fān yǒng}

to roll over and over (of billows or clouds)

翻越 faan¹ jyut⁶ {fān yuè}

1. to cross
2. to surmount
3. to transcend

翻閱〔-阅〕 faan¹ jyut⁶ {fān yuè}

1. to thumb through
2. to flip through (a book)

翻卷 faan¹ kyun⁴ {fān juǎn}

1. to spin
2. to whirl around

翻領〔-领〕 faan¹ leng⁵ {fān lǐng}

1. turndown collar
2. lapel

翻臉〔-脸〕 faan¹ lim⁵ {fān liǎn}

1. to fall out with sb
2. to become hostile

翻案 faan¹ on³ {fān àn}

1. to reverse a verdict
2. to present different views on a historical person or verdict

翻拍 faan¹ paak³ {fān pāi}

1. to reproduce photographically
2. to duplicate
3. to adapt (as a movie)
4. to remake (a movie)
5. adaptation
6. reproduction
7. remake

翻遍 faan¹ pin³ {fān biàn}

1. to rummage through
2. to turn everything over
3. to ransack

翻倍 faan¹ pui⁵ {fān bèi}

to double

翻盤〔-盘〕 faan¹ pun⁴ {fān pán}

to reverse the situation

翻新 faan¹ san¹ {fān xīn}

1. to revamp
2. a face-lift
3. to retread (a tire)
4. to refurbish (old clothes)
5. newly emerging

翻身 faan¹ san¹ {fān shēn}

1. to turn over (when lying)
2. (fig.) to free oneself
3. to emancipate oneself
4. to bring about a change of one's fortunes

翻修 faan¹ sau¹ {fān xiū}

1. to rebuild (house or road)
2. to overhaul

翻船 faan¹ syun⁴ {fān chuán}

1. to capsize
2. (fig.) to suffer a setback or defeat

翻騰〔-腾〕 faan¹ tang⁴ {fān téng}

1. to turn over
2. to surge
3. to churn
4. to rummage
5. raging (torrent)

翻糖 faan¹ tong⁴ {fān táng}

fondant (loanword)

翻嘴 faan¹ zeoi² {fān zuǐ}

1. to withdraw a remark
2. to quarrel

翻作 faan¹ zok³ {fān zuò}

1. to compose
2. to write words to a tune

翻造 faan¹ zou⁶ {fān zào}

1. to rebuild
2. to renovate

翻轉〔-转〕 faan¹ zyun³ {fān zhuǎn}

1. to roll
2. to turn over
3. to invert
4. to flip

翻頭嫁〔-头-〕 faan¹ tau⁴ gaa³ {fān tóu jià}

describes the act of a widow or a divorced woman who decides to get married again

翻頭婆〔-头-〕 faan¹ tau⁴ po⁴ {fān tóu pó}

women who re-married (slang)

翻轉頭〔-转头〕 faan¹ zyun³ tau⁴ {fān zhuǎn tóu}

To return

翻白眼 faan¹ baak⁶ ngaan⁵ {fān bái yǎn}

to roll one's eyes

翻版碟 faan¹ baan² dip² {fān bǎn dié}

1. copy of DVD
2. pirate DVD

翻車魚〔-车鱼〕 faan¹ ce¹ jyu² {fān chē yú}

ocean sunfish (Mola mola)

翻筋斗 faan¹ gan¹ dau² {fān jīn dǒu}

1. to tumble
2. to turn a somersault

翻跟斗 faan¹ gan¹ dau² {fān gēn dǒu}

to turn a somersault

翻跟頭〔--头〕 faan¹ gan¹ tau⁴ {fān gēn tou}

to turn a somersault

翻舊賬〔-旧账〕 faan¹ gau⁶ zoeng³ {fān jiù zhàng}

1. to turn over old accounts
2. fig. to revive old quarrels
3. to reopen old wounds

翻過來〔-过来〕 faan¹ gwo³ loi⁴ {fān guò lái}

1. to overturn
2. to turn upside down

翻譯家〔-译-〕 faan¹ jik⁶ gaa¹ {fān yì jiā}

translator (of writings)

翻譯者〔-译-〕 faan¹ jik⁶ ze² {fān yì zhě}

1. translator
2. interpreter

翻老賬〔--账〕 faan¹ lou⁵ zoeng³ {fān lǎo zhàng}

1. to turn over old accounts
2. fig. to revive old quarrels
3. to reopen old wounds

翻篇兒〔--儿〕 faan¹ pin¹ ji⁴ {fān piān r}

1. to turn a page
2. (fig.) to turn over a new leaf

翻新後〔--后〕 faan¹ san¹ hau⁶ {fān xīn hòu}

after refurbishment

翻石鷸〔--鹬〕 faan¹ sek⁶ wat⁶ {fān shí yù}

(Chinese bird species) ruddy turnstone (Arenaria interpres)

翻子拳 faan¹ zi² kyun⁴ {fān zi quán}

Fanziquan - "Overturning Fist" - Martial Art

翻江倒海 faan¹ gong¹ dou² hoi² {fān jiāng dǎo hǎi}

1. lit. overturning seas and rivers (idiom)
2. fig. overwhelming
3. earth-shattering
4. in a spectacular mess

翻空出奇 faan¹ hung¹ ceot¹ kei⁴ {fān kōng chū qí}

to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas

翻然悔悟 faan¹ jin⁴ fui³ ng⁶ {fān rán huǐ wù}

1. to see the error of one's ways
2. to make a clean break with one's past

翻來覆去〔-来--〕 faan¹ loi⁴ fuk¹ heoi³ {fān lái fù qù}

1. to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
2. again and again

翻山越嶺〔---岭〕 faan¹ saan¹ jyut⁶ leng⁵ {fān shān yuè lǐng}

to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey

翻箱倒櫃〔---柜〕 faan¹ soeng¹ dou² gwai⁶ {fān xiāng dǎo guì}

1. to overturn trunks and boxes
2. to make a thorough search (idiom)

翻箱倒篋〔---箧〕 faan¹ soeng¹ dou² haap⁶ {fān xiāng dǎo qiè}

1. to overturn trunks and boxes
2. to make a thorough search (idiom)

翻天覆地 faan¹ tin¹ fuk¹ dei⁶ {fān tiān fù dì}

1. sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion
2. everything turned on its head

翻雲覆雨〔-云--〕 faan¹ wan⁴ fuk¹ jyu⁵ {fān yún fù yǔ}

1. to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground
2. tricky and inconstant
3. to make love

翻臉不認人〔-脸-认-〕 faan¹ lim⁵ bat¹ jing⁶ jan⁴ {fān liǎn bù rèn rén}

to fall out with sb and become hostile

翻手為雲覆手變雨〔--为云--变-〕 faan¹ sau² wai⁴ wan⁴ fuk¹ sau² bin³ jyu⁵ {fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ}

1. lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain
2. very powerful and capable (idiom)