番

fān

B1 Level 5 ★ Core word

Measure word

Definition

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

Stroke order

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Example

老師的話讓我想了一番。

The teacher's words gave me a lot to think about.

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Vocabulary & levels: TBCL / NAER. Parts of speech: TOCFL 8000-word list (SC-TOP). Definitions: CC-CEDICT & CFDICT (CC BY-SA). Stroke data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License).