Meaning
(measure word for acts); deeds; foreign; (surname); place name
Chinese: 次数、种类，也指外来或轮番。
Hear the Four Tones
The same syllable “fan” becomes a different word in each tone. 番 is the 1st tone. Tap any tone to hear a native voice and see its pitch shape.
Stroke Order
Tap Animate to watch the strokes in order, or Practice to trace it yourself.
Common Words
- 番茄fān qiétomato
- 翻番fān fānto double; to increase by a certain number of times
- 三番五次sān fān wǔ cìover and over again (idiom)
- 生番shēng fānbarbarian; aboriginal savage
- 更番gēng fānalternately; by turns
Example Sentence
经过一番努力，他终于成功了。Jīng guò yì fān nǔ lì, tā zhōng yú chéng gōng le.After much effort, he finally succeeded.
经过Jīng guòto pass一yìone番fān(classifier) a kind努力nǔ lìhard-working，他tāhe终于zhōng yúat last成功chéng gōngto succeed了le(completed action)。