| 翻 | fān | to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross |
| 翻译 | fān yì | to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; CL:个,位,名 |
| 翻身 | fān shēn | turn over; free oneself; stand up |
| 翻案 | fān àn | to reverse a verdict; to present different views on a historical person or verdict |
| 翻动 | fān dòng | turn over (one's hand) |
| 翻腾 | fān téng | to turn over; to surge; to churn; to rummage; raging (torrent) |
| 翻滚 | fān gǔn | to roll; to boil |
| 翻开 | fān kāi | to open up |
| 翻阅 | fān yuè | to browse; to flit through (a book) |
| 翻版 | fān bǎn | to reprint; a duplicate; a clone |
| 翻新 | fān xīn | to revamp; a face-lift; to retread (a tire); to refurbish (old clothes); newly emerging |
| 翻天覆地 | fān tiān fù dì | sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head |
| 翻山越岭 | fān shān yuè lǐng | to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey |
| 翻修 | fān xiū | to rebuild (house or road); to overhaul |
| 翻越 | fān yuè | to cross; to surmount; to transcend |
| 翻印 | fān yìn | reprint; to reissue; to publish a new edition |
| 翻作 | fān zuò | to compose; to write words to a tune |
| 翻来覆去 | fān lái fù qù | to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again |
| 翻供 | fān gòng | to retract testimony; to withdraw a confession |
| 翻倒 | fān dǎo | to overturn; to overthrow; to capsize; to collapse |
| 翻卷 | fān juǎn | to spin; to whirl around |
| 翻唱 | fān chàng | cover song; to cover a song |
| 翻嘴 | fān zuǐ | to withdraw a remark; to quarrel |
| 翻子拳 | fān zi quán | Fanziquan - "Overturning Fist" - Martial Art |
| 翻悔 | fān huǐ | to renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise) |
| 翻手为云覆手变雨 | fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ | lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain; very powerful and capable (idiom) |
| 翻拍 | fān pāi | to reproduce photographically; to duplicate; to adapt (as a movie); to remake (a movie); adaptation; reproduction; remake |
| 翻拣 | fān jiǎn | to browse and select; to glance through and check |
| 翻搅 | fān jiǎo | to stir up; to turn over |
| 翻新后 | fān xīn hòu | after refurbishment |
| 翻江倒海 | fān jiāng dǎo hǎi | overwhelming flood; deluge; fig. a flood (of goods, people, information etc) |
| 翻沉 | fān chén | to capsize and sink |
| 翻涌 | fān yǒng | to roll over and over (of billows or clouds) |
| 翻然 | fān rán | to change quickly and completely; also written 幡然 |
| 翻然悔悟 | fān rán huǐ wù | to see the error of one's ways; to make a clean break with one's past |
| 翻墙 | fān qiáng | lit. to climb over the wall; fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China |
| 翻版碟 | fān bǎn dié | copy of DVD; pirate DVD |
| 翻番 | fān fān | to double; to increase by a certain number of times |
| 翻白眼 | fān bái yǎn | to roll one's eyes |
| 翻看 | fān kàn | to browse; to look over (books) |
| 翻空出奇 | fān kōng chū qí | to overturn empty convention, and display originality (idiom); new and different ideas |
| 翻筋斗 | fān jīn dǒu | to tumble; to turn a cartwheel; a somersault |
| 翻箱倒箧 | fān xiāng dǎo qiè | to overturn trunks and boxes; to make a thorough search (idiom) |
| 翻老账 | fān lǎo zhàng | to turn over old accounts; fig. to revive old quarrels; to reopen old wounds |
| 翻耕 | fān gēng | to plow; to turn the soil |
| 翻脸 | fān liǎn | to fall out with sb; to become hostile |
| 翻脸不认人 | fān liǎn bù rèn rén | to turn against sb; to cut sb off |
| 翻旧账 | fān jiù zhàng | to turn over old accounts; fig. to revive old quarrels; to reopen old wounds |
| 翻船 | fān chuán | to capsize (and sink) |
| 翻盖 | fān gài | flip-top (mobile phone, handbag etc); to rebuild; to renovate |