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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 翻来覆去

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
翻来覆去 fān lái fù qù - to toss and turn (sleeplessly)
- again and again

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- 9 21,867 28,217 15,315

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
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
fān- variant of 翻[fan1]
lái- to come
- (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)
- hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2lai5])
- ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4gu3 yi3lai2])
- for the past (amount of time)
- (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2shi4])
- (between two verbs) in order to
- (after a round number) approximately
- (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2de5lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1bu5lai2])
- variant of 復|复[fu4]
- to reply to a letter
- to cover
- to overflow
- to overturn
- to capsize
- to go
- to go to (a place)
- (of a time etc) last
- just passed
- to send
- to remove
- to get rid of
- to reduce
- to be apart from in space or time
- to die (euphemism)
- to play (a part)
- (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth
- (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker)
- (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

Other Words Containing 翻来覆去

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
翻来覆去 - 9 21,867 28,217 15,315