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 fān to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番 fānyīfān "to double")

1. (of one's skills etc) weak; poor
2. (coll.) (one's) type

classifiers: 棵, 樣, 道, 盤