番
fānPān HSK6

to take turns

番 fān frequency
occurrence measure word
classifier for processes or actions that require a significant amount of time and effort

经过一番艰苦的努力，他终于完成了任务。

jīng​guò yī fān jiān​kǔ de nǔ​lì, tā zhōng​yú wán​chéng le rèn​wu.

After a period of hard work, he finally completed the task.

kind measure word
classifier for a kind, sort, or a particular state/atmosphere

这番话让他心里感到很温暖。

zhè fān huà ràng tā xīn lǐ gǎn​dào hěn wēn​nuǎn.

These words made him feel very warm inside.

fold measure word
classifier used after the verb 翻 fān to indicate the number of times a quantity doubles

这十年来，该城市的生产总值翻了两番。

zhè shí nián lái, gāi chéng​shì de shēng​chǎn zǒng​zhí fān le liǎng fān.

Over the past ten years, the city's GDP has quadrupled.

foreign noun
foreign or non-Chinese; historically used as a bound form to refer to non-Han ethnic groups

这种辣椒在古代被称为番椒，是因为它从海外传入。

zhè zhǒng là​jiāo zài gǔ​dài bèi chēng​wéi fān​jiāo, shì yīn​wèi tā cóng hǎi​wài chuán​rù.

This kind of chili pepper was called 'foreign pepper' in ancient times because it was introduced from overseas.

番 Pān
Pan proper name
surname Pan

番先生是我们的新邻居。

Pān xiān​sheng shì wǒ​men de xīn lín​jū.

Mr. Pan is our new neighbor.

Cross-References

Has variant

Frequency
Character
Written text
1,452nd most common 77.1 per million
Movie subtitles
1,872nd most common 24.3 per million appears in 14% of films
Word
Movie subtitles
8.02 per million appears in 4% of films
Written text
20.7 per million

Details
HSK 2.0
Level 6
HSK 3.0
Level 6
Strokes
12
Unicode
U+756A

Sources
Definitions
CC-CEDICT
Frequency data
MTSU Chinese text computingSUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)