番

番 Pān ㄆㄢ faan1

surname Pan

番 fān ㄈㄢ faan1 HSK 6 高階級 · Level 4

(bound form) foreign (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 ㄈㄢ to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 fān yī fān ㄈㄢㄧㄈㄢ "to double")

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 番 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

Character breakdown

番 radical 田 = 米田

Example sentences

我不喜歡這番話。 I don't like these remarks.
梅格買一罐番茄。 Meg bought a can of tomatoes.
今年销售会翻番。 Sales should double this year.
不是血，是番茄酱。 It's not blood - it's ketchup.
他三番五次评判别人。 He judges other people time and again.

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