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Definitions
- 1. foreign (non-Chinese)
- 2. barbarian
- 3. classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance)
- 4. classifier for situations: kind, sort
Example Sentences
1 shown我不喜歡這 番 話。
Sentence data courtesy of Tatoeba.org.
Words Containing 番
strychnine (C21H22N2O2)
repeatedly
to double
alternately
custard apple
lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly
hentai
Zhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea
Lycopene
Panyu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
passion flower
see 聖女果|圣女果[shèng nu:3 guǒ]
(dialect) sweet potato
type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard
Book of Zephaniah
foreign food
repeatedly (idiom)
guava (fruit)
saffron (Crocus sativus)
papaya
the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang
corn (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [huan-be̍h])
Fanlu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
to have a square meal
tomato juice
tomato
over and over again (idiom)
Panyu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong
see 聖女果|圣女果[shèng nu:3 guǒ]
(bird species of China) white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi)
barbarian
senna leaf (Folium sennae)
in turn
alien nation
number of military unit
Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)
Fanlu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan
(dialect) pumpkin
hot pepper
ketchup
time and time again
(dialect) overseas Chinese
(bird species of China) black scoter (Melanitta nigra)
Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)