Keyword
foreign
- to take turns
- to repeat
- to sow
- a turn
- Frequency
- #1909
- Strokes
- 12
Readings
fān100%
Mnemonic
Sowing seeds 米 on the farm 田
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in characters
播to spread翻to flip over潘a river that flows into the Han蕃foreign鄱name of a lake幡banner蟠to coil燔burn皤white蹯paw
Used in vocabulary
番
(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 (fānyīfān) "to double")
番茄
tomato
番号
number of military unit
轮番
in turn; one after another
番茄酱
ketchup; tomato sauce
翻番
to double; to increase by a certain number of times
番薯
(dialect) sweet potato; yam
番禺区
Panyu, a district of Guangzhou City 广州市 (GuǎngzhōuShì), Guangdong
连番
repeatedly
三番五次
over and over again (idiom)
吐鲁番市
Turpan, prefecture-level city in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region 新疆维吾尔自治区 (XīnjiāngWéiwú'ěrZìzhìqū)
番红花
saffron (Crocus sativus)
翻一番
to increase by 100%; to double
番石榴
guava (fruit)
西番莲
passion flower
番茄红素
Lycopene
番茄汁
tomato juice
番荔枝
custard apple; soursop (Annonaceae)
番木瓜
papaya
番邦
(old) foreign land; alien nation
三番两次
repeatedly (idiom)
几次三番
lit. twice then three times (idiom); fig. repeatedly; over and over again
生番
barbarian; aboriginal savage
番剧
anime series