翻
番

To double in Chinese: 翻番 (fān fān)

fān fān

to double

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Definitions

  1. 1to double
  2. 2to increase by a certain number of times

Stroke order

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翻
番

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ㄈㄢ

fān

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ an—/ first tone

ㄈㄢ

fān

ㄈ/ fㄢ/ an—/ first tone

Example sentences

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  • 这几年，工厂的产量翻番了。

    zhè jǐ nián， gōng chǎng de chǎn liàng fān fān le。

    In these few years, the factory's output has doubled.

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Related words

翻

fān

to turn over

番

fān

foreign (non-Chinese)

翻译

fān yì

to translate

番茄

fān qié

tomato

一番

yì fān

Some

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tuī fān

to overthrow

翻来覆去

fān lái fù qù

to toss and turn (sleeplessly)

翻天覆地

fān tiān fù dì

sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom)

三番五次

sān fān wǔ cì

over and over again (idiom)

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