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番
fān
番 (fān) means "classifier: a turn, bout, kind". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.
What 番 means
- bound formforeign (non-Chinese); barbarian
- classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort
- (classifier) a kind; a sort
- (classifier) (used after the verb {翻|fān} to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in {翻一番|fān yī fān} "to double")
How 番 is used in grammar
番 is a grammar word. Each link goes to its own section: what it does in that pattern, the structure, three example sentences with pinyin, and the mistake to avoid.
The official HSK 3.0 grammar outline lists it at level 6, measure words (动量词).
Other readings
Example sentences
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今年销售会翻番。Jīnnián xiāoshòu huì fānfān.Sales should double this year.
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我不喜欢这番话。I don't like these remarks.
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梅格买一罐番茄。Meg bought a can of tomatoes.
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不是血，是番茄酱。Bù shì xuè, shì fānqiéjiàng.It's not blood - it's ketchup.
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他在他的花园种番茄。Tā zài tā de huāyuán zhǒng fānqié.He grows tomatoes in his garden.
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他三番五次评判别人。He judges other people time and again.
Words starting with 番
- 番茄fān qiétomato
- 番薯fān shǔ(dialect) sweet potato; yam
- 番茄酱fān qié jiàngketchup; tomato sauce
- 番刀fān dāotype of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard
- 番剧fān jùanime series
- 番客fān kè(old) foreigner; alien; (dialect) overseas Chinese
- 番瓜fān guā(dialect) pumpkin
- 番界fān jièterritory occupied by aborigines in Taiwan (old)
- 番番fān fāntime and time again
- 番菜fān cài(old) Western-style food; foreign food
- 番号fān hàonumber of military unit
- 番邦fān bāng(old) foreign land; alien nation
- 番麦fān mài(Taiwan) corn (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [huan-be̍h])
- 番木瓜fān mù guāpapaya
- 番红花fān hóng huāsaffron (Crocus sativus)
- 番茄汁fān qié zhītomato juice
- 番茄红素fān qié hóng sùLycopene
- 番椒fān jiāohot pepper; chili
- 番石榴fān shí liuguava (fruit)
- 番泻叶fān xiè yèsenna leaf (Folium sennae)
- 番鸭fān yāMuscovy duck
- 番荔枝fān lì zhīcustard apple; soursop (Annonaceae)
- 番禺区Pān yú QūPanyu, a district of Guangzhou City 广州市
- 番木鳖碱fān mù biē jiǎnstrychnine (C21H22N2O2)
Words containing 番
- 轮番lún fānin turn; one after another
- 三番五次sān fān wǔ cìover and over again (idiom)
- 翻番fān fānto double; to increase by a certain number of times
- 翻一番fān yī fānto increase by 100%; to double
- 更番gēng fānalternately; by turns
- 生番shēng fānbarbarian; aboriginal savage
- 里番lǐ fānerotic anime; pornographic animation…
- 连番lián fānrepeatedly
- 吐鲁番市Tǔ lǔ fān ShìTurpan, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区
- 西番雅书Xī fān yǎ shūBook of Zephaniah
- 丢番图方程Diū fān tú fāng chéng(math) Diophantine equation
- 吐鲁番盆地Tǔ lǔ fān Pén dìthe Turpan Depression in Xinjiang
- 西番莲xī fān liánpassion flower
- 真番郡Zhēn pān jùnZhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
- 小番茄xiǎo fān qiécherry tomato
- 树番茄shù fān qiétamarillo
- 黑海番鸭hēi hǎi fān yā(bird species of China) black scoter (Melanitta americana)
- 樱桃番茄yīng táo fān qiécherry tomato
- 斑脸海番鸭bān liǎn hǎi fān yā(bird species of China) Stejneger's scoter (Melanitta stejnegeri)
- 三番两次sān fān liǎng cìrepeatedly (idiom)
- 大啖一番dà dàn yī fānto have a square meal
- 几次三番jǐ cì sān fānlit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly; over and over again
- 吐鲁番Tǔ lǔ fānsee 吐鲁番市
Characters that look like 番
Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.
- 票piàoticket; ballot; banknote
- 鲁lǔ(bound form) crass; stupid; rude
- 兽shòubeast; animal; beastly
- 屡lǚtime and again; repeatedly; frequently
- 誊téngto transcribe; to copy out
- 豢huànto rear; to raise (animals)
Sounds the same
Read fān, tone for tone, but written differently.
- 翻to turn over; to flip over; to overturn
- 帆sail; Taiwan pr. fán, except 帆布
- 藩fence; hedge; (literary) screen; barrier; vassal state
- 幡banner
- 籓big winnow basket
- 繙to translate
- 旛pennant
- 蕃variant of 番; foreign (non-Chinese)
Where 番 is taught
In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · fān–fā (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.
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- Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
- How characters are built from components.
- How to learn Chinese characters.
- The four tones and the neutral tone, to read fān correctly.
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