fān

番

Radical:

釆

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Traditional:

番

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measure word(used after the verb 翻) times; -fold
- zhè ge xiàn zài zuì jìn sān nián nèi liáng shi chǎn liàng fān le yī fān
  这个县在最近三年内粮食产量翻了一番。
  Grain output in this county has doubled in the last three years.
- sān fān wǔ cì
  三番五次
  again and again
- chǎn liàng sān nián nèi fān le liǎng fān
  产量三年内翻了两番。
  The output quadrupled in three years.
2
n.foreign country/state; foreign; barbarian
- fān bāng
  番邦
  foreign country
- fān sú
  番俗
  foreign customs
- fān cài
  番菜
  western-style food
3
v.do in turns
- lún fān
  轮番
  take turns
4
measure word(used with the numeral) kind
- dòng lǐ bié yǒu yī fān tiān dì
  洞里别有一番天地。
  The cave is an altogether different world.