Hanzi
Traditional
番
Simplified
番

foreign (non-Chinese)/barbarian/classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance)/classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc)/classifier for situations: kind, sort

Hanzi

Grade

Grade 6

Pinyin

fān, pān, fán, bō, pó, pán, pàn, pí

Bopomofo

ㄈㄢ, ㄆㄢ, ㄈㄢˊ, ㄅㄛ, ㄆㄛˊ, ㄆㄢˊ, ㄆㄢˋ, ㄆㄧˊ

Jyutping

faan1

Example sentences

番 fān
經過一番努力，他終於成功了。
经过一番努力，他终于成功了。

After a period of effort, he finally succeeded.

深意 shēnyì
老師的這番話背後隱藏著深意。
老师的这番话背后隐藏著深意。

There is a deep meaning hidden behind the teacher's words.

番茄 fānqié
這道菜是用新鮮番茄做的。
这道菜是用新鲜番茄做的。

This dish is made with fresh tomatoes.

三番五次 sānfānwǔcì
他三番五次地提醒我，但我還是忘了。
他三番五次地提醒我，但我还是忘了。

He reminded me multiple times, but I still forgot.

Example Vocabulary

番

fan1

measure word for actions or deeds; times; turn

番茄

fan1'qie2

tomato

番禺

番禺區

番茄紅素

番茄醬

番薯

fan1'shu3

三番五次

san1'fan1'wu3'ci4

multiple times; repeatedly; time and again

吐魯番

tu3'lu3'fan1

吐魯番市

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