番

番 Pān ㄆㄢ faan1

(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")

Practice writing

Draw 番 (1 of 1) — stroke by stroke.

我 ( wǒ ngo5 ) 不 ( bù bat1 ) 喜欢喜歡 ( xǐ huan hei2 fun1 ) 这這 ( zhè ze2 ) 番 ( fān faan1 ) 话話 ( huà waa6 )。

I don't like these remarks.
梅 ( méi mui4 ) 格 ( gé gaak3 ) 买買 ( mǎi maai5 ) 一 ( yī jat1 ) 罐 ( guàn gun3 ) 番茄 ( fān qié faan1 ke2 )。

Meg bought a can of tomatoes.
今年 ( jīn nián gam1 nin4 ) 销售銷售 ( xiāo shòu siu1 sau6 ) 会會 ( huì wui2 ) 翻番 ( fān fān faan1 faan1 )。

Sales should double this year.
不是 ( bù shì bat1 si6 ) 血 ( xuè hyut3 )，是 ( shì si6 ) 番茄酱番茄醬 ( fān qié jiàng faan1 ke2 zoeng3 )。

It's not blood - it's ketchup.
他 ( tā taa1 ) 三番五次 ( sān fān wǔ cì saam1 faan1 ng5 ci3 ) 评判評判 ( píng pàn ping4 pun3 ) 别人別人 ( bié ren bit6 jan4 )。

He judges other people time and again.

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