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  faan1 pun1   jyutping
  fan1 pan1   pinyin
[] faan1 | [] 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] [] [adv] back; again; afresh

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

nounAdditional PoS: adjectiveverbadverbclassifier
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Stroke count: 12
Level: 3
Radical: (#102)

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

This word has been viewed 12669 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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detail  faan1 ke4*2  fan1 qie2 = tomato
detail  faan1 gung1  fan1 gong1 = to go to work
detail  faan1 gaan2   = soap
detail  faan1 syu4*2  fan1 shu3 = sweet potato; yam
detail  saam1 faan1 sei3 ci3  san1 fan1 si4 ci4 = (to do sth.) over and over again
detail  lou5 faan1   = non-Chinese person
detail  faan1 sek6 lau4*2  fan1 shi2 liu2 = guava
detail  faan1 taan1  fan1 tan1 = fan-tan, a Cantonese form of gambling
detail  faan1 lai6 zi1  fan1 li4 zhi1 = sweetsop
detail  faan1 gwaa1   = pumpkin, papaya
See all 54 compounds (CantoDict reports 52 compounds in total, which would seem to be an error - please report this on the CantoDict forum)

Showing all 5 examples containing 番
detail audio 聖誕之前剩番廿三日買嘢
There are only 23 shopping days left until Christmas.
detail 嚟嘅所謂專家, 其實學生
The so-called expert they invited has turned out to be a student.
detail 基本上剩番頭頭尾尾
The house is basically well-decorated. What remains to be done are just some odds and ends.
detail 生性好奇, 甚麼事情研究一番
He is born curious and likes to look into every single thing.
detail 鯁嚫!〞〝D𦧲出嚟!〞
"I'm choking!" "Quickly spit it out!"

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