番
(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian
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Sowing seeds 米 on the farm 田
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fān
(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")
Pān
surname Pan
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Words with 番 99 total
barbarian · aboriginal savage生番shēng fānrepeatedly连番lián fānalternately · by turns更番gēng fāntype of machete used by Taiwan aborigines, worn at the waist in an open-sided scabbard番刀fān dāoanime series番剧fān jù(old) foreigner; alien · (dialect) overseas Chinese番客fān kèhot pepper · chili番椒fān jiāo(dialect) pumpkin番瓜fān guāterritory occupied by aborigines in Taiwan (old)番界fān jiètime and time again番番fān fāntomato番茄fān qié(old) Western-style food · foreign food番菜fān cài(dialect) sweet potato · yam番薯fān shǔnumber of military unit番号fān hào(old) foreign land · alien nation番邦fān bāngMuscovy duck番鸭fān yā(Tw) corn (from Taiwanese)番麦fān màito double · to increase by a certain number of times翻番fān fānerotic anime; pornographic animation (loanword modeled on Japanese 裏番組 ura bangumi, "program aired opposite another", reinterpreted in Chinese ACG usage as "adult anime")里番lǐ fānin turn · one after another轮番lún fānto increase by 100%; to double翻一番fān yī fān
Idioms with 番 8 total Chain
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