番

fānㄈㄢ

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HSK 6 TOCFL 6

Meaning

Meanings

1
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian
2
classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort
3
(classifier) a kind; a sort
4
(classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")

Examples

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我不喜歡這番話。

I don't like these remarks.

我很後悔和他說了那番話。

I regret having said that to him.

我知道我昨天說的那番話把你弄得很生氣。

I know you're probably mad about what I said yesterday.

Characters

Character breakdown

米

mǐ

surname Mi

田

tián

surname Tian

Related: 番

翻番

fān fān

to double

Stroke practice

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