翻阅 meaning in English

fānyuè

to thumb through; to flip through (a book)

Traditional 翻閱28 strokes

Meaning of 翻阅

Definitions from CC-CEDICT.

fānyuè
  1. to thumb through
  2. to flip through (a book)

翻阅 in example sentences

Real sentences from the Tatoeba project, with pinyin and English.

他tā静jìng静jìng地dì坐zuò在zài书shū桌zhuō前qián,翻fān阅yuè著zhù那nà本běn泛fàn黄huáng的de相xiāng簿bù。
He sat quietly at his desk, flipping through the yellowed photo album.
我wǒ在zài英yīng国guó的de时shí候hòu,经jīng常cháng翻fān阅yuè旅lǚ游yóu指zhǐ南nán,查chá询xún旅lǚ途tú中zhōng的de相xiāng关guān细xì节jié。
While in England, I often referred to the guidebook for details of my journey.

Stroke order for each character

Open a character for its meaning, components and more words.

翻 fān · to turn over · 18 strokes

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阅 yuè · to examine · 10 strokes

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Related words

Words that share a character with 翻阅.

翻译fānyìto translate; to interpret
阅读yuèdúto read
阅览室yuèlǎnshìreading room
推翻tuīfānto overthrow
翻天覆地fāntiān-fùdìsky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned
翻来覆去fānlái-fùqùto toss and turn (sleeplessly); again and again
阅历yuèlìto experience; experience
翻番fānfānto double; to increase by a certain number of times
翻过fānguòto turn over; to transform
翻身fānshēnto turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself
翻转fānzhuǎnto roll; to turn over
翻过来fānguòláito overturn; to turn upside down

Questions about 翻阅

What does 翻阅 mean?

翻阅 (fānyuè) means "to thumb through; to flip through (a book)".

How do you write 翻阅?

翻阅 is made of 2 characters: 翻 (18 strokes), 阅 (10 strokes). That is 28 strokes in total.

How is 翻阅 written in traditional Chinese?

In traditional characters, 翻阅 is written 翻閱.