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番

fán

Original form of 蹯 (fán, “animal's foot”).
alternative form of 蕃 (“luxuriant”)
alternative form of 藩 (“fence”)

Homographs

(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")

Examples

我不喜欢这番话。

I don't like these remarks.

Source: Tatoeba

我很后悔和他说了那番话。

I regret having said that to him.

Source: Tatoeba

Containing this entry

Fanlu Township in Chiayi County 嘉义县 Jiāyì Xiàn, west Taiwan

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