fān
番 (fān) is a Chinese word meaning “(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort; (classifier) a kind; a sort”.
Meanings
- 1(bound form) foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian
- 2classifier for processes or actions that take time and effort
- 3(classifier) a kind; a sort
- 4(classifier) (used after the verb 翻[fan1] to indicate how many times a quantity doubles, as in 翻一番[fan1 yi1 fan1] "to double")
- Part of speech
- measure word