How to say 'roll over' in Chinese?

April 16, 2011, 11:01 AM posted in I Have a Question

Would it be 翻滚 if I am talking about my baby rolling over?

Thanks!

April 19, 2011, 05:26 AM

Any takers? Perhaps a deceptively hard question.

翻转

In this case, I guess 翻身 is better.

Especially if she rolls on top of a landlord's baby. ;)

什么意思？。。翻身。。overturn status/free oneself 的意思？

对。翻身的本义是一种动作，但也能用来比喻改变现状。最常见的是比喻受欺压的人‘翻身’，从苦难中解放出来。论到解放战争和建国时期，‘翻身’一词经常会出现，被用来表示‘打倒地主、解放出来’的意思。

但我并不是否认chenhui0128的帖子，翻身还是很适合描述婴儿的这种动作。我只是开个玩笑而已。

Thanks guys! 翻身 does make sense.