Chinese–EnglishWith examples

番

fān · fan/Pān · pan

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

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(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian
classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort
(classifier) a kind; a sort
(classifier) (used after the verb 翻 (fān) to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 (fān yī fān) "to double")

2 examples

经(jīng)过(guò)一(yì)番(fān)努(nǔ)力(lì)，他(tā)终(zhōng)于(yú)通(tōng)过(guò)了(le)考(kǎo)试(shì)。

After a round of effort, he finally passed the exam.

这(zhè)家(jiā)餐(cān)厅(tīng)的(de)番(fān)茄(qié)炒(chǎo)蛋(dàn)别(bié)有(yǒu)一(yì)番(fān)风(fēng)味(wèi)。

This restaurant's tomato scrambled eggs have a distinctive flavor.

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