HSK 4 · Verbs

翻译 fānyì “to translate” in Chinese

Traditional 翻譯

What 翻译 means

  1. to translate
  2. to interpret
  3. translator
  4. interpreter
  5. translation
More meanings from CC-CEDICT
  • interpretation

Measure word 个 gè or 位 wèi · 一个翻译 yí ge fānyì

How to say 翻译

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale翻fān1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale译yì4th tone, falling

翻译 in a sentence

  1. 请把下面的句子翻译一下。

    Qǐng bǎ xiàmiàn de jùzi fānyì yíxià.

    Please translate the sentences below.

    Sentence #6213576 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  2. 我没有时间翻译这段文字。

    Wǒ méiyǒu shíjiān fānyì zhè duàn wénzì.

    I don’t have time to translate this passage.

    Sentence #9569029 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

  3. 翻译 can also mean “translator; interpreter”

    他是个国际银行的翻译。

    Tā shì ge guójì yínháng de fānyì.

    He’s an interpreter at an international bank.

    Sentence #859108 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 翻译 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 翻 (fān) with each of its parts in a different colour
翻fānto turn over
  • 番to take turns · fānSound part
  • 羽feather · yǔMeaning part

羽 hints at the meaning (feather); 番 (fān) hints at the sound. Compare it with fān.

The character 译 (yì) drawn as one shape
译yìto translate

译 is a single shape of 7 strokes. Learn it whole, then watch its stroke order below.

How to write 翻译

翻 18 strokes · 译 7 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

翻译 (fānyì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 翻译 (fānyì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 翻译

Words with 翻

翻fān · to turn over推翻tuīfān · to overthrow

More words: Common Verbs

堵车dǔchē · traffic jam放松fàngsōng · to relax发生fāshēng · to happen发展fāzhǎn · development放弃fàngqì · to renounce放暑假fàngshǔjià · to be on summer holidays符合fúhé · in keeping with负责fùzé · to be in charge of

FAQs

翻译 (fānyì) means “to translate” or “to interpret”. It is an HSK 4 word.
Say it fānyì: fān with a 1st tone, then yì with a 4th tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 翻译 is written 翻譯. The pronunciation is the same.
Use 个 (gè) or 位 (wèi). For example, one to translate is 一个翻译 (yí ge fānyì).
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type fanyi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 翻译 from the suggestions. Typing fanyi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
翻译 is an HSK 4 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.