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Interpret in Chinese

to interpret · HSK 4

翻译 fān yì

  1. 翻 fān to turn over
  2. 译 yì to translate

Counted with 位: 一位翻译 yí wèi fānyì

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How do you say interpret in Chinese?

Interpret in Chinese is 翻译 (fān yì). You can also say 解释 (jiě shì), 解读 (jiě dú), 解 (jiě).

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Start with the first one: it is the easiest on the HSK list. The others say it too, often in a more formal way or for a narrower sense; each one’s page has real sentences that show how it is used.

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The CC-CEDICT dictionary’s meanings for the official HSK word list. A word is shown for an English word when that is one of its first meanings; the easiest word whose first meaning it is comes first.

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