番

Foreign (non-Chinese) in Chinese: 番 (fān)

fān

foreign (non-Chinese)

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1foreign (non-Chinese)
  2. 2barbarian
  3. 3classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance)
  4. 4classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc)
  5. 5classifier for situations: kind, sort

Stroke order

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番

Zhuyin

This word’s pronunciation in Bopomofo.

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ㄈㄢ

fān

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 经过一番努力，他终于成功了。

    jīng guò yì fān nǔ lì， tā zhōng yú chéng gōng le。

    After considerable effort, he finally succeeded.

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Related words

番茄

fān qié

tomato

一番

yì fān

Some

翻番

fān fān

to double

三番五次

sān fān wǔ cì

over and over again (idiom)

繁殖

fán zhí

to breed

反抗

fǎn kàng

to resist

反问

fǎn wèn

to ask (a question) in reply

反响

fǎn xiǎng

repercussions

犯

fàn

to violate

犯规

fàn guī

to break the rules

犯罪

fàn zuì

to commit a crime

防范

fáng fàn

to be on guard

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