Chinese word dictionary

翻涌

fān yǒng · to roll over and over (of billows or clouds)

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Word information

Simplified翻涌

Traditional翻湧

Pinyinfān yǒng

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Character breakdown

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翻fān

to upset, to capsize, to flip over

涌yǒng

to surge up, to bubble up, to gush forth

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翻译fānyì

to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2]

翻fān

to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross; variant of 翻[fan1]

涌现yǒngxiàn

to emerge in large numbers; to spring up; to emerge prominently

翻番fānfān

to double; to increase by a certain number of times

翻来覆去fānlái-fùqù

to toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again

翻身fānshēn

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