HSK 6 · Verbs

推翻 tuīfān “to overthrow” in Chinese

Same in Traditional

What 推翻 means

  1. to overthrow
  2. to overturn

How to say 推翻

  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale推tuī1st tone, high and level
  • Pitch chart of the first tone: stays high and level, 5 to 5 on the five-level scale翻fān1st tone, high and level

推翻 in a sentence

  1. 预言被实验结果推翻了。

    Yùyán bèi shíyàn jiéguǒ tuīfān le.

    The prediction was disproved by the experimental results.

    Sentence #364945 from Tatoeba · converted to simplified characters · translation adapted

How 推翻 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 推 (tuī) with each of its parts in a different colour
推tuīto push
  • 扌hand form of 手 · shǒuMeaning part
  • 隹short-tailed bird · zhuīSound part

扌 hints at the meaning (hand); 隹 (zhuī) hints at the sound. Compare it with tuī.

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.

How to write 推翻

推 11 strokes · 翻 18 strokes

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

Words related to 推翻

Words with 推

推tuī · to push推迟tuīchí · to postpone推辞tuīcí · to decline (an offer or invitation)推荐tuījiàn · to recommend推广tuīguǎng · to promote推测tuīcè · to speculate推销tuīxiāo · to promote推理tuīlǐ · reasoning推论tuīlùn · inference

Words with 翻

翻译fānyì · to translate翻fān · to turn over

More words: Common Verbs

调剂tiáojì · to adjust调节tiáojié · to adjust挑衅tiǎoxìn · to provoke停顿tíngdùn · to pause涂抹túmǒ · to smear脱离tuōlí · to break away from拖延tuōyán · to delay瓦解wǎjiě · to collapse

FAQs

推翻 (tuīfān) means “to overthrow” or “to overturn”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it tuīfān: tuī with a 1st tone, then fān with a 1st tone. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
Yes. 推翻 is written the same way in Simplified and Traditional characters.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type tuifan with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 推翻 from the suggestions. Typing tuifan into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
推翻 is an HSK 6 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.