fān téng

Traditional: 翻騰

翻腾 (fān téng) is a Chinese word meaning “(of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn; to surge; to seethe; to somersault; to tumble; to flip; to rummage; to turn things over repeatedly”.

Meanings

  1. 1(of water, waves, emotions etc) to churn; to surge; to seethe
  2. 2to somersault; to tumble; to flip
  3. 3to rummage; to turn things over repeatedly

Characters in 翻腾

翻fān · to turn over腾téng · (bound form) to gallop; to prance

Related words

翻to turn over翻variant of 翻[fan1]折腾to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly)推翻to overthrow翻过to turn over沸腾(of a liquid) to boil翻身to turn over (when lying)腾(bound form) to gallop; to prance腾出to make (some time or space) available (for sb)闹翻to have a falling out翻开to open up翻滚to roll

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