翻译
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 4 (2021)Old HSK 4
翻译 (fānyì) · to translate
翻译 (fānyì) means “to translate; translator; interpreter”. It is written with 2 characters: 翻 (to turn over) + 译 (to translate). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 翻译 is built
The characters
翻 fān · to turn over
What 翻 is made of
- 番fān — to take turns
- 米mǐ — rice
- 丷ha — kwukyel
- 木mù — tree
- 田tián — field
- 冂 — frame
- 土tǔ — earth
- 米mǐ — rice
- 羽yǔ — feather
- 习xí — to study
- 冫bīng — ice
- 习xí — to study
- 冫bīng — ice
- 习xí — to study
Origin hint: 羽 gives the meaning, 番 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
译 yì · to translate
What 译 is made of
- 讠yán — speech
Origin hint: speech (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
请帮我翻译这句话。Qǐng bāng wǒ fānyì zhè jù huà.Please help me translate this sentence.
她是一名英语翻译。Tā shì yī míng Yīngyǔ fānyì.She is an English interpreter.
Questions about 翻译
What does 翻译 mean?
翻译 (fānyì) means “to translate; translator; interpreter”.
How do you pronounce 翻译?
翻译 is pronounced fānyì.
Which HSK level is 翻译?
翻译 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 4 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
Learn 翻译 with its group
It is part of HSK 4 (2021) · Group 27: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.