番 (faan1 pun1 | fan1 pan1) : foreign; times; back; again

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番

faan1 pun1

fan1 pan1

[粵] faan1 | [國] fan1
[1] [n] foreign country/state
[2] [adj] foreign; barbarian; alien
[3] [measure] times; -fold; kind/sort of
[4] [v] take turns; do in turns
[5] [粵] [adv] back; again; afresh

[粵] pun1 | [國] pan1
Used as a syllable of 番禺 (Panyu), a city in Greater Guangzhou

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Stroke count: 12

Level: 3

Radical: 田 (#102)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

番

This word has been viewed 14723 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 25th May 2013 06:59

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番茄 faan1 ke4*2 fan1 qie2 = tomato

番工 faan1 gung1 fan1 gong1 = to go to work 粵

番梘 faan1 gaan2 = soap 粵

番薯 faan1 syu4*2 fan1 shu3 = sweet potato; yam 粵

三番四次 saam1 faan1 sei3 ci3 san1 fan1 si4 ci4 = (to do sth.) over and over again

老番 lou5 faan1 = non-Chinese person 粵

番石榴 faan1 sek6 lau4*2 fan1 shi2 liu2 = guava

番攤 faan1 taan1 fan1 tan1 = fan-tan, a Cantonese form of gambling

番荔枝 faan1 lai6 zi1 fan1 li4 zhi1 = sweetsop

番瓜 faan1 gwaa1 = pumpkin, papaya
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聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢咋粵
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.

請番嚟嘅所謂專家, 其實係個學生粵
The so-called expert they invited has turned out to be a student.

基本上間屋布置好咗，剩番啲頭頭尾尾啫粵
The house is basically well-decorated. What remains to be done are just some odds and ends.

他生性好奇, 甚麼事情都要研究一番。國
He is born curious and likes to look into every single thing.

〝我鯁嚫呀！〞〝快D𦧲番出嚟！〞粵
"I'm choking!" "Quickly spit it out!"

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粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
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Decimal representation of this word: 番
Unicode code for this character: U+756a (off-site link)

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