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Chinese symbol for “interpretation”

翻译
fān yì
Traditional: 翻譯
to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter

The closest CC-CEDICT match for interpretation is 翻译 (fān yì), defined as: to translate; to interpret; translator; interpreter; translation; interpretation.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

翻 fān
to upset, to capsize, to flip over
radical 124 ⽻ · 18 strokes
译 yì
to translate, to interpret; to encode, to decode
radical 149 ⾔ · 7 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “interpretation”

WordPinyinMeaning
说法 (說法)shuō faway of speaking; wording
诠释 (詮釋)quán shìto interpret; to comment and explain
注解 (註解)zhù jiěto annotate; annotation
释义 (釋義)shì yìthe meaning of sth; an explanation of the meaning of words or phrases
训释 (訓釋)xùn shìto explain; to interpret

Related words

Other words that share a character with 翻译.

WordPinyinMeaning
推翻tuī fānto overthrow
翻身fān shēnto turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself
翻唱fān chàngto cover (a previously recorded song); cover version (of a song)
翻转 (翻轉)fān zhuǎnto roll; to turn over
翻新fān xīnto revamp; a face-lift
编译 (編譯)biān yìto translate and edit; translator-editor
音译 (音譯)yīn yìtransliteration (rendering phonetic value, e.g. of English words in Chinese characters); characters giving phonetic value of Chinese word or
译文 (譯文)yì wéntranslated text

See also: Japanese symbol for “interpretation”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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