蕃 (faan4 faan1 | fan2 fan1) : flourishing; proliferate; foreign

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蕃

faan4 faan1

fan2 fan1

[粵] faan4 | [國] fan2
[1] [adj] flourishing; luxuriant; lush
[2] [v] proliferate; multiply; increase

[粵] faan1 | [國] fan1
[adj] foreign; barbarian | [variant] 番

Additional PoS:

Stroke count: 16

Level: 3

Radical: 艸 (#140)

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

蕃

This word has been viewed 3789 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 30th Dec 2011 04:05

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蕃茄 faan1 ke4*2 fan1 qie2 = tomato

三蕃市 saam1 faan4 si5 san1 fan2 shi4 = San Francisco 粵

蕃薯 faan1 syu4*2 fan1 shu3 = sweet potato 粵

蕃茄汁 faan1 ke4*2 zap1 fan1 qie2 zhi1 = tomato juice; ketchup

蕃石榴 faan1 sek6 lau4*2 = guava

通蕃賣國 tung1 faan4 maai6 gwok3 = to betray one's country

車厘蕃茄 ce1 lei4 faan1 ke4*2 = cherry tomato

蕃茄湯 faan1 ke4*2 tong1 fan1 qie2 tang1 = tomato soup

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國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese.
粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

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Decimal representation of this word: 蕃
Unicode code for this character: U+8543 (off-site link)

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