番 - fān - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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番

fān

Definition

foreign country
foreigner
foreign (non-Chinese)
barbarian
classifier (for occurrences (of an action or deed))
measure word
-fold (as in twofold etc)
kind
sort

Character Decomposition

Compounds (22)

翻

fān

to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross

播

bō

to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bo4]

審

shěn

to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court)

蕃

fán

luxuriant; flourishing; to reproduce; to proliferate

banner

white

Trichina spiralis; to coil

name of a lake

(gem)

burn; to roast meat for sacrifice

磻

pán

name of a river in Shaanxi

a grave

paws of animal

to translate

pennant

name of a mountain

to promulgate; to spread

膰

fán

cooked meat used in sacrifice

vanadium

a kind of tree

water-hen; gallinula

see 吐蕃

Related words (31)

番刀

fān dāo

type of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard

番號

fān hào

number of military unit

番客

fān kè

(old) foreigner; alien; (dialect) overseas Chinese

hot pepper; chili

(dialect) pumpkin

territory occupied by aborigines in Taiwan (old)

time and time again

tomato

(old) Western-style food; foreign food

番薯

fān shǔ

(dialect) sweet potato; yam

番邦

fān bāng

(old) foreign land; alien nation

corn (Taiwanese)

to double; to increase by a certain number of times

papaya

senna leaf (Folium sennae)

guava (fruit)

saffron (Crocus sativus)

tomato juice

ketchup; tomato sauce

番荔枝

fān lì zhī

custard apple; soursop (Annonaceae)

番木鱉鹼

fān mù biē jiǎn

strychnine (C21H22N2O2)

更番

gēng fān

alternately; by turns

生番

shēng fān

barbarian; aboriginal savage

輪番

lún fān

in turn; one after another

repeatedly

passion flower

to have a square meal

黑海番鴨

hēi hǎi fān yā

(bird species of China) black scoter (Melanitta nigra)

斑臉海番鴨

bān liǎn hǎi fān yā

(bird species of China) white-winged scoter (Melanitta deglandi)

櫻桃小番茄

yīng táo xiǎo fān qié

see 聖女果|圣女果[sheng4 nu:3 guo3]

珍珠小番茄

zhēn zhū xiǎo fān qié

see 聖女果|圣女果[sheng4 nu:3 guo3]

Idioms (2)

三番五次

sān fān wǔ cì

over and over again (idiom)

幾次三番

jǐ cì sān fān

(lit.) twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly; over and over again

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