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fān
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 6

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Definitions

  1. 1. foreign (non-Chinese)
  2. 2. barbarian
  3. 3. classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance)
  4. 4. classifier for situations: kind, sort

Example Sentences

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我不喜歡這 話。
Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 769669)

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Words Containing 番

番木鳖碱
fān mù biē jiǎn

strychnine (C21H22N2O2)

连番
lián fān

repeatedly

翻番
fān fān

to double

更番
gēng fān

alternately

番荔枝
fān lì zhī

custard apple

几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān

lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly

里番
lǐ fān

hentai

真番郡
zhēn pān jùn

Zhenpan commandery (108 BC-c. 300 AD), one of four Han dynasty commanderies in north Korea

番茄红素
fān qié hóng sù

Lycopene

番禺
pān yú

Panyu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong

西番莲
xī fān lián

passion flower

樱桃小番茄
yīng táo xiǎo fān qié

see 聖女果|圣女果[shèng nu:3 guǒ]

番薯
fān shǔ

(dialect) sweet potato

番刀
fān dāo

type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard

西番雅书
xī fān yǎ shū

Book of Zephaniah

番菜
fān cài

foreign food

三番两次
sān fān liǎng cì

repeatedly (idiom)

番石榴
fān shí liu

guava (fruit)

番红花
fān hóng huā

saffron (Crocus sativus)

番木瓜
fān mù guā

papaya

吐鲁番盆地
tǔ lǔ fān pén dì

the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang

番麦
fān mài

corn (from Taiwanese, Tai-lo pr. [huan-be̍h])

番路乡
fān lù xiāng

Fanlu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan

大啖一番
dà dàn yī fān

to have a square meal

番茄汁
fān qié zhī

tomato juice

番茄
fān qié

tomato

三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì

over and over again (idiom)

番禺区
pān yú qū

Panyu District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市[guǎng zhōu shì], Guangdong

珍珠小番茄
zhēn zhū xiǎo fān qié

see 聖女果|圣女果[shèng nu:3 guǒ]

斑脸海番鸭
bān liǎn hǎi fān yā

(bird species of China) white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi)

生番
shēng fān

barbarian

番泻叶
fān xiè yè

senna leaf (Folium sennae)

轮番
lún fān

in turn

番邦
fān bāng

alien nation

番号
fān hào

number of military unit

吐鲁番市
tǔ lǔ fān shì

Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)

番路
fān lù

Fanlu Township in Chiayi County 嘉義縣|嘉义县[jiā yì xiàn], west Taiwan

番瓜
fān guā

(dialect) pumpkin

番椒
fān jiāo

hot pepper

番茄酱
fān qié jiàng

ketchup

番番
fān fān

time and time again

番客
fān kè

(dialect) overseas Chinese

黑海番鸭
hēi hǎi fān yā

(bird species of China) black scoter (Melanitta nigra)

吐鲁番
tǔ lǔ fān

Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)