WordTaiwan frequency #28,810
翻來覆去
ㄈㄢ ㄌㄞˊ ㄈㄨˋ ㄑㄩˋ
“tossing and turning, unable to sleep; repeatedly turning something over; over and over again; constantly changing”
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翻
ㄈㄢ
To turn over; to flip; to overturn; to rummage; to translate; to decode; to cross over; to fly.
來
ㄌㄞˊ
To come; to arrive; to return; to happen; to be used as a substitute for a verb; indicating possibility; indicating the future or next time; approximately.
覆
ㄈㄨˋ
To cover or conceal; to overturn or capsize; to destroy or annihilate; to reply or answer; to examine or investigate.
去
ㄑㄩˋ
To go to a place; to leave; to depart; to die (euphemism); to send or remove; to be apart from; used before a verb to indicate going to do something.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 未來ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄞˊthe time yet to come; the future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending
- 去年ㄑㄩˋ ㄋㄧㄢˊthe year before this one; the previous calendar year
- 過去ㄍㄨㄛˋ ㄑㄩˋin the past; former; previous; to go over; to pass by; (verb suffix indicating completion or direction)
- 後來ㄏㄡˋ ㄌㄞˊafterwards; later; subsequently; after a while; in the future; those who arrive later; newcomers
- 起來ㄑㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊto stand up; to get up; to rise; (verb complement) beginning of an action; upward movement; preliminary impression; completion of an action
- 來自ㄌㄞˊ ㄗˋto come from (a place); originating from; (in email headers) From:
- 帶來ㄉㄞˋ ㄌㄞˊto bring; to bring about; to produce; to cause to happen
- 出來ㄔㄨ ㄌㄞˊto come out; to appear; to emerge; to show up; to take office; to be completed (after a verb)
- 原來ㄩㄢˊ ㄌㄞˊoriginal; former; at first; so, actually, as it turns out; used when discovering something previously unknown
- 以來ㄧˇ ㄌㄞˊsince (a specified time or event); from then until now; afterwards; more than; over
- 回來ㄏㄨㄟˊ ˙ㄌㄞto return; to come back; to come back later; in a moment
- 來到ㄌㄞˊ ㄉㄠˋto arrive; to come; to reach a place or point in time.