fān

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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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Words Containing 番

三番五次
sān fān wǔ cì

over and over again (idiom)

番茄
fān qié

tomato

翻番
fān fān

to double

三番两次
sān fān liǎng cì

repeatedly (idiom)

吐鲁番
tǔ lǔ fān

Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)

吐鲁番市
tǔ lǔ fān shì

Turpan City in Xinjiang (Chinese: Tulufan)

吐鲁番盆地
tǔ lǔ fān pén dì

the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang

大啖一番
dà dàn yī fān

to have a square meal

几次三番
jǐ cì sān fān

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

斑脸海番鸭
bān liǎn hǎi fān yā

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

更番
gēng fān

alternately

樱桃小番茄
yīng táo xiǎo fān qié

see 聖女果|圣女果[shèng nu:3 guǒ]

珍珠小番茄
zhēn zhū xiǎo fān qié

see 聖女果|圣女果[shèng nu:3 guǒ]

生番
shēng fān

barbarian

番刀
fān dāo

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

番客
fān kè

(dialect) overseas Chinese

番木瓜
fān mù guā

papaya

番木鳖碱
fān mù biē jiǎn

strychnine (C21H22N2O2)

番椒
fān jiāo

hot pepper

番泻叶
fān xiè yè

senna leaf (Folium sennae)

番瓜
fān guā

(dialect) pumpkin

番番
fān fān

time and time again

番石榴
fān shí liu

guava (fruit)

番禺
pān yú

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

番禺区
pān yú qū

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

番红花
fān hóng huā

saffron (Crocus sativus)

番茄汁
fān qié zhī

tomato juice

番茄红素
fān qié hóng sù

Lycopene

番茄酱
fān qié jiàng

ketchup

番荔枝
fān lì zhī

custard apple

番菜
fān cài

foreign food

番薯
fān shǔ

(dialect) sweet potato

番号
fān hào

number of military unit

番路
fān lù

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

番路乡
fān lù xiāng

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

番邦
fān bāng

alien nation

番麦
fān mài

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

真番郡
zhēn pān jùn

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

里番
lǐ fān

hentai

西番莲
xī fān lián

passion flower

西番雅书
xī fān yǎ shū

Book of Zephaniah

轮番
lún fān

in turn

连番
lián fān

repeatedly

黑海番鸭
hēi hǎi fān yā

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